Gas Lamp Cottage Ladysmith

Two cottages, originally a single house, date to the 17th century and have been significantly altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. The construction is of rendered rubble with a gable ended slate roof, incorporating asbestos slate towards the left-hand end. A squat rendered rubble stack with a tapering top sits on the right-hand gable end, while a rendered brick stack is located to the left of the centre. Originally, the house was laid out with three rooms and a through-passage, with the room to the right heated by a gable end stack containing an adjoining smoking chamber. The hall was heated by an axial stack backing onto the passage, and the inner room reputedly had a front lateral stack.

The house was divided into two cottages, likely in the 19th century, at the lower end of the passage. In the left-hand cottage, named Sunnyside, the passage was blocked at both ends to create a small room and a rear passage incorporating a staircase was installed. A rear outshut was added to the right-hand cottage, Gas Lamp Cottage, probably in the 20th century.

Gas Lamp Cottage has an asymmetrical two-window front. A circa late 19th/early 20th century two-light casement window with small panes occupies the first floor left-hand side. To its right, a taller, similarly-styled 20th-century window is set within a dormer. A late 20th-century bow window with small panes is situated below. A late 20th-century stable-type door is on the left-hand side. A small, narrow window at an intermediate level illuminates the projection at the right-hand gable end, which houses the smoking chamber. Sunnyside has an asymmetrical one-window front, with two windows on the ground floor. The first-floor window is in a dormer and is probably 19th century. The ground floor windows are 20th century, the right-hand one originally serving as the doorway to the passage. All windows lack glazing bars. A projection towards the left end appears to have been originally for a chimney. A 20th-century conservatory/porch occupies the left-hand gable end, featuring a door.

Inside Gas Lamp Cottage, two ovens with stone openings are located to the left of the modern fireplace. To the right is a 17th-century smoking chamber, circular in shape, with a corbelled stone roof and a flue at the top. The roof structure was completely replaced in the late 20th century. Sunnyside has no visible original features. The survival of the smoking chamber is a notable feature of the building.