Garden Cottage

Garden Cottage is a house with origins dating back to the 17th century or earlier. It is constructed from rendered cob and stone, topped with a tile roof that has a gable at the right end. The house features a front lateral stack at the extreme right, with a brick chimney projecting through the roof. The current layout consists of a single-depth main range that is three rooms wide, with only the right-hand room heated by the lateral stack. There is a two-storey addition at the rear right, which is one room in plan. Although alterations have obscured much of the original layout, it is likely that the house originally had a two or three-room plan with a through passage, with the hall or kitchen located to the right. The roof trusses indicate that the left-hand end was rebuilt in the late 17th or early 18th century. In the 20th century, the doorway was moved to the left, creating a small room where the former passage was located.

The house is two storeys tall and has an asymmetrical three-window front with regular fenestration featuring 19th-century three-light casements, each with eight panes per light. There is a gabled porch to the left of center, which includes a 19th-century door with fielded panels and a moulded doorcase. The door has been relocated one bay to the left, and its original position has been replaced with a casement window that mimics the 19th-century style.

Inside, the right-hand room contains a deeply chamfered axial beam, although no stops are visible, and the fireplace has been largely reconstructed. The left-hand room features a winder stair against the rear wall. There are three side-pegged jointed cruck trusses over the right-hand end of the house, with the right-hand truss located next to the end wall, indicating that the house may have originally extended further to the right. The trusses over the left-hand end are pegged and date from the late 17th or early 18th century. The cottage showcases attractive 19th-century exterior features alongside early interior elements.