Weigelia Cottage And Adjoining Cottage Now Used As An Outbuilding Belonging To Langmeads

Weigelia Cottage and an adjoining cottage, now used as an outbuilding belonging to Langmeads, are likely the remnants of a single house, dating from the late 16th to early 17th century. The building was modernised and enlarged in the late 19th century, probably when the house was subdivided into two cottages. The construction is of plastered granite stone rubble with cob wall tops, featuring granite stacks, one with a granite ashlar chimney shaft, and a thatched roof. A later extension is constructed of exposed granite stone rubble with brick dressings and a slate roof.

The overall plan is T-shaped. The original, south-eastern facing block comprises two 2-room plan cottages. Weigelia Cottage is located at the north-eastern end. It has a gable-end entry to an unheated lobby room. The main room has an axial stack backing onto the lobby, and now contains a 19th-century staircase. A 1-room plan 19th-century extension with a gable-end stack projects at right angles to the rear. The adjoining cottage features an axial stack in the party wall.

The exterior presents an irregular 3-window front with 19th and 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars. The Langmeads Cottage section has a roughly central doorway containing a 19th-century plank door. Weigelia Cottage has a gable-end entrance with a 20th-century panelled door set behind a contemporary porch. The roof is gable-ended to the left and half-hipped to the right. The rear block includes a horned 4-pane sash window under a brick segmental arch.

Limited access to Weigelia Cottage allowed only a partial internal survey, revealing largely 19th-century modernisation that obscures earlier carpentry detail. However, the main room preserves a fine late 16th to early 17th century hooded fireplace constructed of granite ashlar with a hollow-chamfered surround. It is believed that other early features remain within the cottages, which appear to have experienced limited 20th-century modernisation.

According to the owner of Weigelia Cottage, the building was formerly the village school and schoolmistress's house.