Setts Cottage

The building is a house, likely dating from around 1450 to 1550, that was remodelled in the mid to late 18th century into three cottages, with further alterations in the 19th century. It was restored in 1989/90. The construction is thin bedded rubble stone with large quoins, and it has a stone slate roof. A rebuilt brick flue rises from the north side, alongside a large external stepped stone stack, and there's an ashlar stack on the cross wing. The layout is L-shaped, with the cross wing extending to the rear right and a 19th-century lean-to on the rear internal angle. The house is two storeys high with an attic, and has a three-window front. Stone lintels frame a glazed door installed around 1989/90, and there are 8/8 pane sash windows. Dormers are set into the hipped roof. Casement windows were added to the rear around 1989/90. Graffiti dating from 1731 and 1736 is visible on the right return wall. The left gable-end wall contains fragments of reset medieval sculpture, including a late 12th-century head corbel and a 14th-century bishop's head. The interior features an 18th-century collar-truss roof, with principal rafters from the 15th or 16th century in one of the trusses. The cross wing includes substantial stop-chamfered beams with large joists, an open fireplace with a chamfered stone lintel in the front former parlour, and a surviving original partition with morticing for a doorhead. The rear former service room has a chamfered lintel over a former external entry on the left. The cross wing is adjoined by a probable former hall to the left.

Alternatively, the building is a pair of adjoining cottages, likely dating from the 17th century with extensive 19th-century modifications. It is built with thin bedded rubble stone and has large quoins, and a stone slate roof. Rebuilt brick flues are located at the south end, and a large external stepped stone stack is present on the north side, along with an ashlar stack on the cross wing. The plan is somewhat uncertain, but features a single main front range, a large cross rear wing, and a single-storey lean-to in the internal angle. The front, facing west, has three windows, mostly 2-light 19th-century glazing-bar casements, with one 20th-century metal casement on the left. The rear wing has various casements, including one single leaded light. Plank doors are located on each side of the rear wing.