Wardens Hill

Wardens Hill is a cottage, likely built in the early to mid 18th century, with possible alterations and additions from the late 19th or early 20th century. It is constructed of rendered cob and features a gable-ended Welsh-slate roof, which was originally thatched, along with a rendered stone stack. The cottage has a two-room plan positioned at right angles to the road, facing southeast. The larger principal room, or hall, is on the left and includes an external end stack, while the smaller room on the right has a truncated integral end stack, indicating it was probably unheated. Between the two rooms is an entrance lobby and staircase. At the rear, there is a continuous lean-to outshut, likely added in the late 19th or early 20th century.

The exterior presents a nearly symmetrical front with two windows. It features 19th-century small-paned, two-light wooden casements, with the ground-floor window on the left having a segmental head. The doorway, which is slightly off-centre to the right, is topped by a 19th-century slate-roofed gabled porch with shaped wooden barge boards. There is also a segmental-headed two-light wooden casement in the left-hand gable end.

Inside, the left-hand ground-floor room has plain joists that span from front to back, along with a large open fireplace featuring stone jambs, a chamfered wooden lintel with ogee stops, and a bread oven with a 19th-century cast iron door. The right-hand ground-floor room has a plain plaster ceiling and a blocked fireplace. The entrance lobby and staircase are flanked by stud walls. The first-floor rooms and roof-space have not been inspected.