Church Cottage

Church Cottage is a house dating from the late medieval period, with significant alterations in the late 16th or 17th century and additions from the 18th or 19th century. It is constructed of granite rubble, with prominent, roughly-squared granite blocks forming the quoins. The roof is thatched, and granite chimneys are present on each gable of the main range; the older right-hand stack retains thatch weatherings, while the left-hand stack likely had its shaft rebuilt in the 19th century. A projecting wing is located to the left, with a smaller granite stack in its side wall.

The main range follows a two-room and cross-passage plan, the left-hand room being substantially larger. Both rooms originally contained gable- fireplaces. A small cross-wing, probably added in the 18th or 19th century, projects from the left-hand end of the front wall. Small lean-tos are attached to the left-hand gable of the main range and the left-hand end of the rear wall. The front has four windows, the left-hand window positioned within the cross-wing. All windows are small-paned wooden casements, mostly from the 19th century, although some have been replaced in the 20th century. The doorway, in the second bay from the right, has a 20th-century plank door with ornate strap-hinges and studded ribs, along with a 20th-century wooden hood and slated pent roof.

The interior has been altered, but largely retains its 19th-century character. The left-hand ground-floor room features chamfered upper-floor beams without stops, and a large gable-fireplace with plain jambs and a 20th-century wooden lintel. The roof of the main range appears to be largely late medieval, containing smoke-blackened trusses, purlins, common rafters, and thatching spars, all encased within a later roof structure. Principal rafters have plain feet alongside threaded purlins and a ridge piece, with mortices for collars that have since been removed. The wing has 18th or 19th century trusses at a lower pitch than the 20th century roof structure which now covers them. The building is believed to have been the former Church House, as evidenced by references in 17th and 18th century Churchwardens’ and Overseers' accounts.