Pond Cottage Including Pond Walls Adjoining To South-East

Pond Cottage is a mid-19th century house, originally a fulling mill, that was altered around 1900 when converted into cottages. The building is constructed of plastered granite with a timber-framed upper floor, granite stacks with brick chimney shafts, and a thatched roof, though it may have originally been slate. The plan is based around two rooms, each originally heated by a front lateral stack; however, the authenticity of these stacks and the internal crosswall is unclear. An attic floor was likely added around 1900 when the upper floor was converted to domestic use, served by a central axial stack. The ground floor initially housed a fulling mill, and evidence of underfloor channels in each room, and potentially an undershot water wheel set against the right end wall, survives. The upper floor served as a cloth drying loft.

Behind the house, a narrow reservoir is separated from the main pond by a dam, providing water via sluices, one feeding the mill's underfloor channels, and another to the potential water wheel. The north-west front has three doorways, the right one inserted around 1900 through the room’s fireplace. Two doorways are likely original. External stone stairs provide access to the cottages and may be secondary. The ground floor is of rubble construction, while the upper floor is timber-framed and clad with original louvre boards retained as weatherboarding. The roof is gable-ended, with the louvre boards rising to the apex. The rear, or pond-facing, elevation has a regular four-window front featuring 19th and 20th century casements, some with older rectangular leaded panes.

Internally, there is plain but sturdy carpentry detail, with hatches for access from the ground to the first floor. While the roof structure itself is inaccessible, it appears to be constructed of deal trusses. The pond and its dam are primarily constructed of large granite ashlar blocks, although the south-east side is rubble stone. The pond is approximately 75 metres long and originally nearly 2 metres deep, fed by a natural stream and featuring an overflow channel in the north-western corner. Pond Cottage, formerly known as Eaglehurst Mill, represents a historical remnant of the cloth-making industry.