Halsdon Mill Cottage

Halsdon Mill Cottage is a small house dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It has rendered cob and rubble walls and a hipped thatch roof, with a brick axial stack. The layout features two main rooms, both heated by a central axial stack, with the entrance into the right-hand room. At the opposite end of this room, there is a very small service room at the front and winder stairs at the rear, both likely original features. Beyond the left-hand heated room, there is a small room created in the late 20th century, although a slightly larger room had previously existed there; it is unclear if this was an original feature or if the heated room extended to the end of the house.

The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical front that has three windows. The left side features later 19th century or early 20th century small-paned two-light casements on each floor, an early 19th century horizontal sliding 12-pane sash in the centre, and narrow single light 20th century casements on the right. There is a 20th century part-glazed door to the right of centre.

Inside, the cottage has rough wany ceiling beams. The fireplace in the large right-hand room includes a late 17th century bolection moulded chimneypiece that originally came from Halsdon House. There is also an early 18th century two-panel door, and the roof timbers are rough straight principals. This small house remains largely unaltered, preserving its attractive traditional exterior with no later additions.