Thatched Cottage

This is a thatched cottage, originally a farmhouse, dating back to the 16th century with alterations in the 17th century. A wing was added in the 1970s. The cottage is constructed of rendered granite rubble walls, with a granite block chimney stack at the right gable end, formerly axial, topped with granite capping. There's a rendered stack, likely of stone, to the wing. It has a thatched roof, gabled to the right end with a hip at the front of the wing.

Originally designed with a 3-room-and-through-passage plan, the passage and lower end were removed, likely in the 19th century. It seems that the hall was originally open, then ceiled in the 17th century, with a fireplace inserted in the axial stack behind the passage and winder stairs added in a rear projection. There is a small, unheated inner room. The 1970s wing projects to the front of the inner room.

The front of the cottage has an asymmetrical 3-window arrangement. The two left-hand first-floor windows are 2-light casements with small panes. To their right is a small 16th-century 3-light wood mullioned window with chamfered mullions. The ground floor windows to the right and centre are 2-light casements, while the window to the left of centre is a 3-light casement, all with small panes. The projecting wing has two 3-light casements on its front wall. A rounded stair projection is located on the rear to the left of centre. The entrance is at the right gable end.

Inside, the hall contains a fireplace with a wooden lintel, chamfered with a bar and hollow step stops. It contains a monolithic granite jamb to the left and a brick oven on the right-hand side. There's also a chamfered cross beam with hollow step stops and a similar half-beam above the fireplace. Wooden winder stairs are located at the rear of the hall. Two original, substantial roof trusses survive over the hall and partition between the hall and the inner room. These are visible on the first floor, but access to the roof space is not available from there. The rear hall truss shows a scarfed joint between the principal rafter and wall post. The higher truss displays a very sharp curve at its elbow and has threaded purlins. The roof appears to be smoke-blackened in this area.