Cotteswold House

Cotteswold House is a house dating from the 16th and early 17th centuries, with later 17th-century elements and a mid- to late-19th-century facade. Constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone with a stone slate roof and ashlar stacks, it is basically rectangular in plan. The symmetrical, three-storey, three-bay, two-windowed facade is notable. It features two-pane sashes to the ground and first floors. A two-light casement and a small two-pane sash are on the second floor. Bands demarcate each floor level. The central entrance has a six-panel door with a large 19th-century former gas-light fixture above. A three-light stone-mullioned casement window is present on the first floor of the right-hand return. Gable-end stacks are also visible.

Inside, a plank and stud partition, possibly reused, remains, with traces of a yellow colour wash and simple black-line decoration. A flat-chamfered, Tudor-arched stone door surround is present. Evidence of an early fireplace, featuring a rectangular stone surround which was defaced when plastered but is now uncovered, is found in the front right-hand room. A moulded tie beam and the remains of a stone spiral staircase are also within the same room. A basket-headed stone fireplace, dating from the 16th to early 17th century, includes carved spandrels, each decorated with a shield. The left-hand shield is defaced, while the right-hand shield displays the initial ‘P’.