Combe Cottages (Deancombe Cottages On Os Maps)

Combe Cottages, also known as Deancombe Cottages on OS maps, are a pair of cottages that were originally built as one house in the late 16th century. The cottages are constructed from rendered stone rubble and feature an asbestos slate roof with gabled ends and rendered chimney stacks. The original layout included three rooms and a through or cross passage, although the back doorway has been blocked. There is an axial hall stack that backs onto the former passage, with a solid wall separating the hall from the inner room. A large lateral stack is located at the front of the lower room, and there is another large stack on the higher gable end. A stair turret is situated at the rear. The cottages are two storeys high and have a long four-window range, with 19th and 20th century three-light casements that include glazing bars. The central entrance features a plank door. Inside No. 1, there is a chamfered beam and two half beams with bar stops in the former hall. The axial hall fireplace has a chamfered timber lintel with bar stops, and massive monolithic granite jambs on either side of the passage doorway. The roof features 18th century side-pegged, lap-jointed principals with collars.