St Leonards Cottage (North)

St Leonards Cottage (North) is a cottage that was formerly a chapel, dating from the late 15th century or early 16th century. It was converted into a cottage, likely in the 18th century or early 19th century. The building features stone rubble walls that are roughly coursed, with some cob at the top of the front wall. The roof is thatched, hipped at the left end and gabled at the right, with a brick axial stack.

Originally, the structure was probably a single-cell chapel open to the roof, but it was completely altered during its conversion into a cottage of two rooms, with the left-hand room being heated and an outbuilding beyond the stack. It is possible that the building was extended to the left during this time, as the original roof structure does not extend the full length.

The exterior has two storeys and an asymmetrical front with one window, featuring early 20th century two-light casements to the left of centre on each floor. The first-floor window is a half dormer with a small gable in the thatch above. To the right is a 20th century plank door, and all these openings have flat stone arches above them. There is a 19th century plank door leading to the outbuilding on the left. The rear elevation shows the reveals and chamfered granite surround for an original window on the ground floor at the centre, although the central mullion and most of the head are missing, indicating that there were once arched lights. Further to the left, there is evidence of a blocked doorway, and a 19th century two-light casement is present on the first floor to the left of centre.

Inside, the only surviving original feature is a wagon roof on the first floor, which has moulded ribs and a chamfered wooden wall-plate. This is a very rare survival of a building identifiable as a late medieval chapel and forms an interesting group with the adjacent house. In the mid-19th century, parts of stone tombs or graves were discovered in the ground to the west of the building.