The Dairy Dell Cottage

The Dairy Dell Cottage is a Grade II* listed cottage built around 1814 for the 6th Duke of Bedford, likely designed by Sir Jeffry Wyatville. It features stone rubble construction with a slate roof that is hipped at both ends and has two stone stacks. The cottage has a long, low single-depth layout, consisting of a single-storey block on the left linked to a single-storey and attic block on the right by a rustic loggia in the middle. The front elevation has a long 3:3 window arrangement overlooking a pond.

The left-hand block has three 2-light casement windows with glazing bars under timber lintels. The right-hand block includes an off-centre rustic gabled porch adorned with Gothick moulding in the gable. To the left of the porch, there are two 3-light casements under flat stone arches with high transoms and glazing bars, featuring square leaded panes above the transoms. To the right of the porch is another 3-light casement with glazing bars under a flat stone arch. At the right end, there are two full dormers with hipped slate roofs and casement windows with glazing bars.

The loggia is supported by three rustic posts with rustic struts and has a partly cobbled floor. The right return of the left-hand block is made of rustic planks on partition walls beneath the loggia. Repairs were being carried out by the Landmark Trust at the time of the survey in 1985. In Humphry Repton's first scheme for Endsleigh in 1809, which predates the Red Book of 1814, a collection of linked cottages was proposed for the "Dell site," but this design likely referred to Endsleigh Cottage (now Endsleigh House) and does not resemble Dairy Dell Cottage. A letter from Wyatville to the Duke's accountant in 1814 indicates that he was considering the park buildings, suggesting he was responsible for the cottage's design.