Weeke Brook (Weekbrook Cotts On Os)

Weeke Brook is a cottage dating from the late 17th to early 18th century, which was modernised and extended in 1985. It is constructed of plastered granite stone rubble, with granite stacks and plastered brick chimney shafts, topped by a thatched roof. The cottage features a two-room plan built across a hillslope, facing east. Originally, there was a central lobby entrance with a staircase at the rear, but in the 19th century, the doorway was moved to the right (northern) room, the stairs were relocated to the front centre, and the left room was extended into the central area. Each room has a gable end stack. A single-storey extension, with a one-room plan, was added to the right end in 1985. The main cottage consists of two storeys.

The exterior displays an irregular three-window front with 20th-century casements that include glazing bars. The front door is accompanied by a monopitch tile-roofed porch, both also from the 20th century. The roofs of the main cottage and the extension are gable-ended.

Inside, the larger left room contains an original kitchen fireplace, which is large and made of granite, featuring a soffit-chamfered and run-out stopped oak lintel. The side oven was relined with brick in the 19th century, and the crossbeam here is a 19th-century replacement. The original three-bay roof is constructed from crudely finished, waney, and uneven timbers. The left (southern) truss has a face-pegged jointed cruck principal at the rear, which is a very late example. The front principal bows downwards and rests on a granite pad, while the right truss has principals with curving feet also resting on granite pads. Both trusses feature pegged lap-jointed collars and are positioned over where the original ground floor partitions were likely located.