Church Gate Cottages

Church Gate Cottages are a row of three cottages built in the late 17th century to early 18th century. They are constructed from plastered cob on stone rubble footings, with stone rubble stacks topped with 19th and 20th-century brick, and feature thatched roofs. The cottages face south and are numbered 1 to 3 from left to right.

No. 1 is a groom plan cottage with a rear lateral stack in the left room. No. 2 is a one-room plan cottage with a rear lateral stack. No. 3 has a two-room plan with end stacks, the left stack backing onto No. 2. Each cottage has secondary service outshots at the rear and stands two storeys high. The exterior displays a window arrangement of 2:1:2, featuring 19th and 20th-century casements, most with glazing bars. The doors are from the 20th century, and No. 1 includes a 20th-century corrugated plastic porch. The roof is gable-ended on the right and runs continuously with that of the adjoining Lady House on the left.

Inside, the cottages have mostly been modernized in the 19th and 20th centuries, but some original carpentry details remain, dating back to the late 17th century to early 18th century. For example, No. 2 has a soffit-chamfered axial beam with run-out stops, and its fireplace is blocked. In No. 3, an exposed fireplace in the left room is made of stone rubble with a soffit-chamfered and straight out-stopped oak lintel. The roofs are inaccessible, but in No. 3, the bases of straight principals are visible, suggesting original A-frame trusses. These cottages are part of an attractive group of listed buildings located in the village east of the churchyard.