Church Cottage

Church Cottage is a house, likely dating from the late 16th or early 17th century, with probable additions from the late 17th century and minor alterations in the late 19th century. The walls are rendered cob on a stone rubble plinth, with some areas rebuilt and enlarged in stone rubble, and some late 19th century red brick dressings. The roof is thatched, hipped over the front wing and incorporating slate in the valley, with rendered axial stacks.

The original plan was probably a two-room layout facing north. This consists of a hall to the left, with a stack at the end, a wide central passage/entrance hall with a 19th-century staircase to the rear, and an unheated room to the right. A one-room plan cross wing projects at right angles to the right-hand end, possibly as an addition. A small one-room plan addition is visible on the left-hand side.

The building is two storeys high and asymmetrically fenestrated. The hall range features a 19th-century two-light wooden casement window on the first floor and a two-light window lighting the hall on the ground floor. A wide doorway to the right has a 19th-century panelled door, beaded wooden frame, and a slate-roofed lean-to porch. There is also a plank door to the left. A small first-floor two-light wooden casement with a wooden lintel is located at the left-hand end of the hall range. The right-hand cross wing has a leaded ground-floor window with wide panes and internal wrought-iron bars. The left-hand side of the wing has a plank loft door and a circa 1900 half-glazed door with bullnose brick reveals and a segmental brick head. The rear elevation has a 19th-century two-light wooden casement window to the right, with brick reveals and a wooden lintel, and a rear door giving access to the passage. A central raking buttress is also present on the rear.

The interior, only partially inspected, includes a pair of plastered chamfered cross beams and a large open fireplace in what is now the kitchen. The wide passage has a 19th-century boarded partition to the right and a 19th-century dog-leg staircase to the rear. Access to the remainder of the interior was not possible at the time of survey.