Troutbeck and Beckside Cottage

Troutbeck and Beckside Cottage is a house, now divided into two dwellings, dating to 1642, with a likely late 18th-century extension and subsequent division. The construction is of rubble, with a graduated stone slate roof. The original 17th-century portion is three bays wide, with a bay added to the left and a single-storey porch added to the left bay and between bays 2 and 3. Quoins are present. The original three-bay range features a board door with a moulded chamfer to the quoined basket-arched entrance between bays 1 and 2. Above the door, the lintel has a recessed panel with raised lettering, "AP 1642." A stepped hoodmould continues over the door and the flanking ground-floor windows. A second early doorway is located in bay 1 to the left, featuring a shallow triangular arch under a chamfered square head with hollowed spandrels. The fenestration includes recessed chamfered mullion windows of 3 and 4 lights to bays 1 and 2; a 4-pane sash in a plain surround to the far right; and 3, 3, 4, and 3-light windows to the first floor, all below the eaves. There are ridge stacks positioned to the left of the dated doorway and to the right end. The added bay to the left has a small rectangular window with a 20th-century casement on each floor, located on the left side of the porch. The interior was not inspected during a resurvey. The house possesses an unusual 17th-century plan, with the original entrance leading directly into the main living room forward of the main stack, and an early separate entrance into bay 1. The number of entrances indicates that the house may have been divided into four, single-bay cottages by the late 18th century. The property is now divided to the left of the dated entrance, reflecting this later history.