Slowhand Cottage

Slowhand Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with 19th-century alterations and a 20th-century lean-to addition. It is built of colourwashed rendered cob and features a wheat reed thatched roof that is hipped at the left end and gabled at the right end, with a stone stack at the right gable end. The original layout appears to have been a two-room cottage with one heated room and a rear door opposite the front door. The ceilings on both the ground and first floors seem to have been reconstructed in the 19th century, and a straight staircase from the early 20th century now blocks the rear doorway. The cottage is two storeys high and has a symmetrical two-window front, with three buttresses and a gabled central porch that has a slate roof and a squint in the left return. The windows are 20th-century two- and three-light casements with six and eight panes per light, all featuring slate sills. The lean-to addition is constructed of stone rubble and also includes casement windows with glazing bars.

Inside, the partitions between the left and right-hand rooms have been removed, and a straight stair has been inserted in the centre. The fireplace has stone rubble jambs, a chamfered stopped lintel, and a semi-circular bread oven that projects beyond the exterior wall. The joists are exposed and unplastered between. The first floor has a 19th-century boarded ceiling, and although the roof space has not been inspected, it is said to contain pegged trusses.