The Thatched Cottage

The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building located on the east side of the A38 in Parkend. This property was formerly two cottages of different dates, now combined into one. The older section on the left likely dates from the late 16th century, while the right side is from the 17th century. The left side is faced in stone, and the right side is faced in painted brick, both topped with a thatched roof featuring decorative ridges at two levels. There is a truncated ridge stack on the left and a small brick end stack on the right. The rear facade displays square-panel timber-framing on the smaller unit. The building is a single range of one storey and an attic, with a small late 20th-century extension at the rear of the right-hand unit. Each unit has a leaded eyebrow dormer, with a 2-light dormer on the left and a 3-light dormer on the right. The ground floor features two 2-light windows on the left and two twin 6-pane casements on the right. The entrance is located at the rear on the left. Inside, the ceilings are very low, with chamfered and stopped beams, and there is a wooden newel stair by the stack at the right end.