1,2 And 3, The Square

Nos 1, 2 and 3, The Square form a row of three cottages that were originally a single house, later extended. The building may date to the 17th century, though this is not evident in its current form, or possibly the 18th century, with a 19th-century addition. The walls are likely rendered cob and rubble, with rubble used in the addition. The main range has a thatched roof, gabled at the left end and hipped at the right, while the addition has a gabled slate roof. A brick stack is located at the left gable end, and another axial stack is towards the right-hand end. The original plan is unclear, but it may have been a three-room layout, which was subdivided into two cottages around the early 20th century, each with a two-room plan. A parallel range was built in the 19th century, projecting from the right-hand end, and a separate cottage was added as a wing to the rear of the left-hand end in the mid-19th century. The front has an asymmetrical four-window facade, largely with 20th-century 2 and 3-light casement windows. The two central first-floor windows are 19th-century 3-light casements, with leaded lights in the outer sections. A flat-roofed porch with a simple moulded cornice and an arched doorway stands to the left of centre, containing a 6-pane, part-glazed 19th-century door. A 20th-century plank door provides access to No. 3. A long, parallel range projects from this end of the building. No 1 has a small, one-window fronted 19th-century wing to the rear of its left-hand end with retaining 16-pane sashes on each floor and a gabled porch with a 6-panel door. Access to the interior of No. 3 was limited during the survey, suggesting surviving features are hidden by early 20th-century modernization, and No. 2 is likely to be similar.