Court Cottages

Court Cottages is a cottage with origins dating back to the late 17th century, although it has undergone significant internal alterations in the 20th century. It features whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings and has a thatched roof, which is gabled at the right end and has a stack at the left end. The original layout is not entirely clear, but it may have been a two-room wide cottage. There was previously access to No 1, Court Cottages, with which No 2 shares a stack. The cottage is two storeys high and has an irregular two-window front, with the eaves of the thatch eyebrowed over one first-floor window. A 20th-century stable door is located on the front at the right, alongside a 20th-century ground floor two-light casement window, which is flanked by buttresses. On the first floor, there are two 20th-century two-light casements. Inside, the fireplace has been renewed, and there is a narrow stair to the right of the stack. Despite the 20th-century alterations, the cottage is part of an attractive group with No 1 and Old Cawte Farm opposite, which adds to its group value.