29 And 30, High Street

A pair of cottages, likely originating as a single house, probably dating from the 18th century or earlier, with possible origins in the 16th or 17th century. The cottages have solid rendered walls, likely constructed of stone or cob, and a slate roof with old ridge tiles and shallow cresting at number 30. A rendered chimney is present on the right gable.

The cottages were later divided into two dwellings, with number 29 exhibiting a late 18th or early 19th century character, featuring a two-room front range with a central through-passage and a staircase behind the right-hand room, alongside an added rear wing to the left. Number 30 appears to have a simpler one-room plan with an entrance passage to the left.

The cottages are two storeys high with a garret. Number 29 has a two-window front, with a doorway situated between the ground-floor windows. The doorway has a beaded surround and a moulded cornice supported by shaped consoles, with panelled reveals – the lower panels being flush. The ground-floor windows are plain sashes, with the window to the right being a canted bay with a moulded cornice. The upper floor features 8-paned sashes set in recessed box frames. Two dormers with plain bargeboards contain 2-light, 2-paned wooden casements. Number 30 has a single-window front with a doorway to the left of the ground-floor window. The door itself is 6-panelled, with a knocker and reeded flanking pilasters, topped with a cornice on shaped brackets. The windows have sashes with margin-panes. A flat-topped dormer with a plain 2-light wooden casement is also present.

The interior of number 29, the only property inspected, features a geometrical wooden staircase with thin square balusters, and a voluted handrail over a 6-sided newel. A late 18th century cupboard with ovolo-moulded panelled doors is found on the staircase. The garret contains two early plank doors.

Behind number 29, a large stone-rubble structure with a blocked opening, featuring a rounded red-brick arch, is located. The owner suggested this might have been a limekiln.