Vine Cottage

Vine Cottage is a house located on Bridge Street in Hatherleigh, with probable late medieval origins that were altered in the 17th century. The building features plastered stone and cob walls and has a gable-ended thatch roof. It includes a large axial granite stack with a brick shaft, as well as a brick stack at the left-hand end. The plan consists of a two-room layout, with a hall to the right that is heated by the axial stack, which backs onto a wide passageway leading to a courtyard at the rear.

The exterior is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical front with two windows. On the first floor, there are early 19th-century three-light casements, while the ground floor features a 19th-century two-light casement to the left and a mid-20th century three-light casement to the right, complete with a stone hoodmould above. To the left of the centre, there is a wide opening to the passageway, which has projecting cheeks and 19th-century double plank doors.

The interior is only partially accessible. The passageway is cobbled and features a chamfered plank and muntin screen to the left, along with a section of screen to the right behind the stack, which has mason's mitres to the headbeam. The right-hand room contains a large open fireplace and heavy ceiling beams. Early roof trusses may still be present, as the adjoining property, No. 29, has one. Vine Cottage is noted as one of the more unaltered examples of a specific plan type that is characteristic of Hatherleigh town.