Church View Cottage And Beggars Roost

Church View Cottage and Beggars Roost are two cottages that were originally a single house, dating from the 17th century, with a possible earlier core. They were subdivided in the 19th century and modernized around 1970. The cottages are constructed from plastered granite stone rubble and cob, with cob or granite stacks topped with plastered brick and a thatch roof.

The layout consists of two cottages facing east, built down a hillslope. Beggars Roost is located at the uphill right end, while Church View Cottage is downhill to the left. The cottages were created by dividing a four-room plan with a through passage. Beggars Roost occupies the passage, hall, and inner room, with the inner room being unheated and the hall featuring an axial stack that backs onto the passage. The hall and inner room have been combined, and the rear passage doorway is now blocked. Church View Cottage occupies the two rooms of the former service end, with an axial stack between them; the left end room may be an addition. No features were observed that predate the 17th century, making it difficult to determine the earlier historical development suggested by the plan.

Both cottages are two storeys high and have 20th-century outshots at the rear. The exterior features an overall four-window front with 20th-century casements that include glazing bars. The passage front doorway for Beggars Roost has a 20th-century door behind a contemporary thatch-roof porch supported by plain posts. The doorway for Church View Cottage is located in the left end wall and also contains a similar door. The main roof is hipped to the left and gable-ended to the right.

The interior of Beggars Roost was available for inspection during the survey. Both rooms feature axial beams with neat soffit chamfers. The large former hall fireplace has cheeks made from single massive slabs of granite ashlar, and the oak lintel is roughly finished, with a bread oven located at the rear. The roof was not inspected, but the visible bottoms of the straight principals suggest it is likely made up of 17th-century A-frame trusses.