Churchgate Cottage

Churchgate Cottage is a house that was once two cottages but is believed to have originally been a single house. It dates from the late 17th century to early 18th century and was enlarged in the 19th century, likely when it was subdivided. The cottage underwent modernization around 1960. It is constructed of plastered cob and granite stone rubble, with a stone rubble stack topped with plastered brick and a thatched roof.

The original layout was a two-room plan cottage facing south, featuring a central passage and gable-end stacks, with the left stack projecting. There was originally a winder or newel stair at the rear of the left stack. A 19th-century unheated one-room plan extension was added to the right (east) end. The present stairs are located in a turret that projects to the rear of the central passage, interrupting secondary rear outshots. The main house has two storeys.

The exterior features an irregular four-window front with 20th-century casements that have glazing bars. There are two front doorways, both with 20th-century doors. The left doorway is in the position of the original entrance and has a 20th-century gabled porch with a slate roof. The right doorway, which leads to the extension, has a gabled 20th-century hood. The main roof is gable-ended to the left and hipped to the right.

Inside, the interior reflects significant 19th and 20th-century modernizations, though some original plain carpentry remains. The fireplace in what is now the central room is made of stone rubble and features a soffit-chamfered oak lintel with scroll stops. The fireplace in the left room is blocked, but a neatly soffit-chamfered crossbeam is visible. In the outside end wall, there is a small blocked window that once served the original stair, framed in plain oak and containing rectangular panes of leaded glass. The roof is not accessible, but the bases of straight principals are visible, indicating the presence of the probably original A-frame trusses.