16, 17 and 18 The Village

A row of three cottages, likely dating from the mid-17th to early 18th century with a 19th-century addition. The walls are cob, plastered and rendered, and the roofs are thatched with gable ends. There are four brick stacks: one at each gable end and two axial.

The layout of No. 16, at the left end, is a single room with a passageway to the right, providing access to the rear. A 19th-century addition, likely originally an outbuilding, is now incorporated into the living space. No. 17 has a two-room plan, with a smaller room to the right, and both rooms were probably heated. Finally, No. 18 at the right end also has a two-room plan, both with fireplaces, and the larger room is to the right. Rear extensions were added in the 19th century.

The two-storey exterior features asymmetrical window arrangements of 2:2:2. No. 16 has small, early 20th-century two-light casement windows on the first floor, and a late 20th-century casement below to the left. A central, late 20th-century plank door is flanked to the right by a wide 19th-century plank door. A 19th-century, slate-roofed addition is set back from the left end. No. 17 has small early 20th-century two-light casements on the first floor with taller mid-20th-century casements below, and a 20th-century plank door to the right of centre. No. 18 has similar mid-20th-century two-light casements on the ground floor, a smaller 19th-century two-light casement on the first floor to the left and a later 20th-century one to the right. A late 20th-century panelled door is centrally placed.

The interior of No. 18, the only accessible cottage, contains a 17th-century open fireplace with a high, chamfered spine beam with run-out stops.