The Cottage, Barn And Wall Along West Side Of Courtyard At Piggotts

The Cottage, barn, and wall along the west side of the courtyard at Piggotts is a house, barn, and wall, with the barn having formerly served as a stone-masons' workshop for Eric Gill's assistants. The Cottage features three bays from the mid-18th century and an early 19th-century bay to the left, with alterations made in the 20th century. The west front is constructed of chequer brick with vitreous headers and a narrow band course at the first floor. The rear has mostly been rebuilt in 20th-century brick. The building has an old tiled roof and brick chimneys at the gables, along with a 20th-century brick chimney at the center front. It is one storey and attic high, with four bays. The center bays have 20th-century paired leaded casements, while the attic features windows in gabled eaves-line dormers. There are doors in the end bays, and a 19th-century brick projection at the front of the right bay includes a board door, paired wooden casement, and an attached weatherboard shed. A buttress on the right side has a carved stone panel, and some irregular framing can be seen inside. The barn to the left dates from the early 19th century and is timber-framed with weatherboarding and a brick plinth, topped with a tiled roof. It consists of three bays, with a central gabled projection that has a board door and a two-light barred wooden window. The flanking bays contain 20th-century lean-to shacks with corrugated asbestos roofs. The barn features curved principal trusses with irregular braces to the tie-beams. Attached to the left end of the barn is a short length of brick wall with an inset stone inscription tablet. Pigott's was the home of Eric Gill, a stone carver and engraver, from 1928 to 1940.