April Cottage

This is a small, detached cottage dating from the 17th century. It is constructed of coursed and squared limestone with a concrete slate roof and a rebuilt stack. The building originally had a simple plan, with the left end formerly used as a stable, featuring a cobbled floor. It is two storeys high with an attic, and contains two windows. The ground floor has a three-light casement window and a late 20th-century glazed door set beneath a deep stone lintel, all protected by stopped hood-moulds. The first floor has a three-light window and a two-light window with simple iron inserts. The right return has two small stair lights, and there are 20th-century wings added in a matching style. The left return features a three-light window to the gable and a two-light window at ground floor, both with hood-moulds, alongside blank middle floor windows with generally recessed chamfers. A large gable stack is present. Internally, there is an open bressumer fireplace with a bread oven and a stone spiral staircase leading to the first floor. The cottage has group value with The Malt House.