Higher Parford Cottage

Higher Parford Cottage is a cottage that was formerly a farmhouse, likely built in the 17th century and renovated in the late 19th century. It features plastered cob on stone rubble footings, stone rubble stacks with plastered brick tops, and a thatch roof. The cottage has a two-room plan and faces northwest, built down a hillslope. There is a central entrance hall and staircase between the two rooms. The right room has an axial stack that backs onto the stair, which was probably the original kitchen. The left room, located uphill, has a projecting gable-end stack.

The exterior has a regular two-window front with 19th-century casements that include glazing bars, and the first-floor windows rise into the thatch. The front doorway is slightly left of center and features a part-glazed 20th-century door, with a small fixed pane window to its right. The roof is gable-ended.

The interior largely reflects the late 19th-century modernization, with most carpentry details hidden by later plaster and both fireplaces blocked. However, the left room retains a soffit-chamfered axial beam that forks into the chimney breast. The roof is inaccessible, but the base of one A-frame truss suggests that the roof structure is from the 17th century.