Michaelmas Cottage Nashs Close

Michaelmas Cottage is a house and cottage dating from the 17th century. It features two original bays, an altered bay on the right, a 20th-century bay at the right end, and an early 19th-century extension at the left end. The original part of the building is timber framed with brick infill, which includes both herringbone and colourwashed sections. The right side has matching timbered bays, while the left side has a colourwashed brick bay. The roof is half-hipped and thatched, with a thin brick chimney featuring a projecting nib to the right of centre and a 19th-century brick chimney on the left. The cottage is one and a half storeys tall with five bays. It has barred wooden casements, which are irregular on the ground floor, and four three-light windows in the thatch. The left bay contains a board door, while the fourth bay has a 20th-century door in a 20th-century lean-to porch. There is also a 20th-century brick lean-to at the right end. Inside the centre bay, there is a stop-chamfered spine beam.