Briony Midstream Cottage

Midstream Cottage and Briony are a pair of cottages dating from the 18th century, with extensions added in the 19th century. They feature rendered stone rubble and cob walls, topped with a gable-ended asbestos slate roof. There are three brick stacks: one at each gable end and one axial stack that is rendered.

Although the cottages were likely built around the same time, they are not identical. Midstream Cottage originally consisted of one room, while Briony has two rooms—a parlour on the left and a kitchen-living room on the right, separated by a passage. In the 19th century, a stable was added to the right end of Briony, which was later converted into additional accommodation in the 20th century. Late 19th to early 20th century outshuts were also added at the rear.

The cottages are two storeys high with an asymmetrical five-window front. Midstream Cottage, on the left, has a two-window front, while Briony has a one-window 19th-century extension at its right end. Midstream Cottage features a 19th-century three-light casement window on the left and a single-light casement on the right on the first floor. On the ground floor, there is a three-light early 20th-century casement window on the left and a 19th-century gabled porch to the right, which has a 20th-century hardboard door.

Briony has early 20th-century three-light casements on the ground floor and later 20th-century two-light casements on the first floor, with a 19th-century two-light casement window in the centre. The central porch is similar to the other, featuring a 19th-century panelled and glazed door behind it.

At the left end of the two cottages, there is a single-storey 18th-century cob outbuilding that likely served as a stable for the adjacent inn; it is L-shaped and runs back at right angles to the cottages. Inside Briony, there is an 18th-century chimneypiece with a moulded surround in the left-hand room. The roof timbers are made of hardwood, suggesting an early date, but they are bolted together, which is unusual.