Whistlebrook Cottage

Whistlebrook Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made later. The first floor has a timber frame, now completely covered with roughcast and painted, and ornamented with 19th-century timbering. The ground floor was rebuilt in brick and colourwashed and has an old tile roof. The central chimney has a 17th-century brick base and 19th-century brick above, with a further 19th-century chimney to the left. The cottage is two storeys high and two bays wide. The ground floor has wooden casement windows; a two-light casement is on the left, and a three-light casement on the right. The first floor has barred wooden windows: two-light casements to the left and centre, and a horizontal sliding sash window to the right. A central, gabled porch dating from the 19th to 20th centuries has a 20th-century door. A small, single-storey brick extension is set back to the left, and a 20th-century single-storey wing to the rear links with former stables which are now incorporated into the house. A lean-to extension is also present at the rear. Inside, the timber frame is visible, featuring large diagonal braces. A moulded spine beam is in the room to the right of the ground floor; a spine beam in the room to the left was inserted later. A blocked 17th-century three-light window with chamfered mullions is visible in the rear wall.