Sundial Cottage

Sundial Cottage is a detached cottage dating to the late 17th and early 18th centuries, with later 18th and 20th-century extensions at the rear. It is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone, with a stone slate roof and ashlar stacks. The main body of the cottage is rectangular and adjoins 18th-century extensions to the rear, forming an 'L' shape. The main body has one and a half storeys, with a gable off-centre to the right, lit by a small 2-light, double-chamfered stone-mullioned casement window with small leaded panes. A sundial, in the form of a rectangular stone block on a moulded corbel, sits above this window. A 20th-century 3-light stone-mullioned window is on the ground floor below. A blocked doorway is to the left of this window, next to a 2-light, double-chamfered stone-mullioned casement window which has four-pane wooden casements on the left and fixed, leaded panes on the right. A 2-light, 20th-century stone-mullioned casement window is in the right gable end. A small gable, with a 2-light, stone-mullioned casement window, projects from the upper part of the rear extensions. The extensions are two storeys with an attic, and one and a half storeys, and both have early 2-light, double-chamfered stone-mullioned casements, mostly with rectangular leaded panes, one with diamond-shaped leaded panes. Two 19th-century plank doors are present; one is set within a raised, segmental-headed surround, and the other has a timber lintel. The 20th-century extension has reconstituted stone-mullioned windows. Gable end stacks have cappings and skirtings. The interior has not been inspected. The cottage is noted in Nathaniel Lloyd's "History of the English House" (page 220, 1975).