Bank Cottage

Bank Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with a refronting in 1776, as indicated by a datestone, and later additions including an outshut to the rear. It is located on Culdnall Street in Charlton Kings. The building is constructed of pinkish-brown brick in English garden wall bond, with a renewed pantile roof. The original plan consisted of two units, with a single-storey range to the east, formerly a woodshed.

The exterior is one-and-a-half storeys high, with two gabled dormers. A 20th-century door sits in the east gable. The ground floor now has three 20th-century casement windows; the window to the left is set within an elliptical arch, while the others have flat arches. The dormers also have 20th-century casements. A large, extruded, and stepped chimney is on the west side, with a cylindrical brick stack. There's a further cylindrical brick stack to the rear. The datestone bears the initials MB and MR. Some timber-framing is visible to the rear.

The interior reveals extensive exposed small panels of square timber-framing and tension braces. The room to the east features a massive chamfered tie-beam supported by a stone pad. The room to the west has a chamfered tie-beam and an inglenook fireplace with chamfered stone jambs and a bressumer beam. A staircase is situated to the right of the west stack, and there's a small amount of elm panelling along the staircase wall. Some wattle and daub panels remain on internal walls. A jowled rear left end post is present. A studded back door now serves as an internal door. The first floor displays two levels of exposed purlins and arch braces. An original partition wall retains panels of timber-framing. The roof incorporates a collar-and-tie-beam truss with queen posts.