Cobb Cottage

Cobb Cottage is a house dating from the mid-17th century, with an addition dating to around the early 18th century. The walls are of rendered cob, with a gable ended thatched roof. A brick axial stack is present on one wing, and a projecting rear lateral stack is of rendered rubble with a brick shaft.

Originally built with a 2-room plan, it includes a small, unheated dairy at its centre with an entrance lobby in front. The left-hand room is also unheated, while the larger right-hand room is heated by a rear lateral fireplace and an adjoining straight-run staircase within a rectangular projection. An 18th-century wing was added to the front of the left-hand room, containing a kitchen and an unheated room beyond. This latter room may have had a non-domestic use, as it lacks a room above it.

The front façade, of a mid to late 20th-century design, features large, 2-light, diamond-leaded pane casement windows. A 20th-century part-glazed door is positioned to the left. A small outbuilding projects from the inner face of the wing. At the rear, an integral rectangular projection houses the lateral stack and stairs.

Inside the right-hand room, there is a chamfered cross beam and a fireplace with a chamfered and ogee-stopped wooden lintel, with a modern grate inserted. Built-in curved shelves with fielded panel doors to a cupboard below are also present. A first-floor passage is marked by an original chamfered plank-and-muntin screen, which extends at right angles to form a partition to the end bedroom. Visible on the first floor are the feet of substantial straight principal rafters with threaded or trenched purlins, likely dating from the 17th century, although full inspection of the roof space is not possible. Despite the modern windows, the house retains significant interest due to its well-preserved plan and the unusual plank-and-muntin screens on the first floor.