The Thatched Cottage

The Thatched Cottage is a cottage dating from the mid-17th century, with some minor alterations and additions likely made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is rendered, primarily over cob, with the right-hand end wall rebuilt in 20th-century blockwork. It features a thatched roof that is hipped to the left and half-hipped to the right. A rendered 20th-century conservatory is attached to the front, which has a glazed lean-to roof. There is an approximately central axial stone stack with a string course, along with a brick end stack to the left.

The cottage has a two-room baffle-entry plan typical of the 17th century, with a larger principal room on the right and a smaller room on the left, separated by the axial stack. The left-hand room was divided, likely in the 19th century, to create a small kitchen with an integral end stack. The front features a continuous late 20th-century lean-to porch/conservatory. The building is two storeys high, with a one-storey porch.

The exterior has an asymmetrical three-window front, with late 19th or early 20th-century small-paned wooden casements. The left-hand ground-floor window was replaced in the 20th century, and there is a small 20th-century two-light wooden casement, probably inserted, between the first-floor windows. The roughly central doorway, located between the first and second windows from the left, has a 20th-century boarded door. The conservatory includes one- and two-light wooden casements and a two-leaf boarded door.

Inside, the right-hand ground-floor room features rough ceiling joists that span from front to back, along with a 17th-century stone open fireplace that has a chamfered wooden lintel with run-out stops. The front windows have jambs that continue to the floor level. The left-hand room, now divided, has a 17th-century stone open fireplace with an adzed wooden lintel, which is chamfered with run-out stops. The left-hand part, which serves as the kitchen, has a fireplace from the 19th century that includes a bread oven. The first-floor rooms and roof space have not been inspected.