Colston Cottage

Colston Cottage is a house, formerly a farmhouse, that likely dates back to the 16th century or earlier, with later alterations including a probable truncation at the right end and renovations from around the 1920s, along with rear additions. The building is constructed of roughcast local stone rubble and features a thatched roof, which is hipped at the left end and gabled at the right end, with lateral stacks at the left end and rear.

The layout consists of a main block that faces the road, arranged in a two-room plan with a narrow unheated room at the right end, which has a thinner external wall than the rest of the house. This room retains an external door at the front and may have served as a former cross passage, indicating that the lower end may have been removed. In the 1920s, the house was extended to the rear, and it is likely that the re-roofing also occurred during the early 20th century. The front left wing, which is at right angles to the main block, was probably a former service room that includes a well and has now been converted into a kitchen.

The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical two-window front, featuring 20th-century gabled porches on both the left and right sides. The windows are three-light casements from around 1700, with 19th-century leaded panes arranged in geometric patterns, and there is a similar window on the right return that includes 19th-century stained glass. The front left wing is single storey with a hipped roof.

Inside, the center room has chamfered crossbeams, one of which is supported on a moulded corbel at the rear. There is a fireplace with stone rubble jambs and a high granite lintel featuring pyramid stops. A 19th or 20th-century staircase rises from within the center room. The left-hand room, likely the parlour, has a 20th-century fireplace and a winder stair to the rear, which features a probable 17th-century two-light mullioned stair window. The roof structure consists of common rafters from the 20th century.