Beech Cottage

Beech Cottage is a house, originally two cottages, now reunited into a single dwelling. It has a 17th-century core to the southeast, with an 18th-century addition to the northeast, and 19th-century additions to the northwest and southwest. The east elevation primarily consists of stone rubble with red brick dressings, though the ground floor on the left side is largely red brick. It features a hipped tiled roof and a brick chimney stack, along with a dentilled eaves cornice. The house is two stories high with two windows. It has 19th-century cambered casement windows. A 20th-century brick and glazed porch with a hipped tiled roof has been added. Other elevations are constructed of flint with red brick dressings. The south elevation has some 19th-century windows on the right side of the ground floor. The first floor has two early 19th-century cambered casements, and the ground floor has three taller casements, one of which replaced a former doorcase. The north elevation features two casements on the first floor, three windows on the ground floor including one sash window, and a cambered doorcase with a modern door. Roman bricks are used at the base of the quoins. A 19th-century lean-to is set into the west elevation, along with one cambered casement window. Inside, the dining room has a 17th-century spine beam with a 3-inch chamfer and lambs tongue stops. The lounge contains an 18th-century spine beam with 1½ inch chamfers with lambs tongue stops, along with matching floor joists and a brick fireplace with a wooden bressumer. The staircase has early 19th-century stick balusters and a handrail. A northeast wall incorporates reused 17th-century diamond mullioned window surrounds, initially from the original wing. The cellar contains brick paving and a 2-inch chamfered beam with lambs tongue stops.