Ferns Cottage

Ferns Cottage is a house that dates from the 17th to early 18th century, with some rebuilding and extension in the 19th century. The left bays of the cottage feature a timber frame with rendered infill at the rear, roughcast over the timber framing in the left gable, and the front has been rebuilt in brick. The right bay is made of 19th-century brick. The cottage has a half-hipped thatch roof, with a rebuilt brick chimney located between the right bays and a 20th-century brick chimney to the right. It is 1½ storeys tall and has three bays. The left bays have paired leaded casement windows, with those on the ground floor having altered cambered heads, and those above located in gabled eaves-line dormers with thatch swept around. There is a similar window on the first floor of the right bay. The ground floor of the right bay features a single 20th-century light to the left and a three-light leaded casement with a decoratively cambered brick head. A 20th-century brick porch with a half-hipped thatch roof is situated between the left bays, featuring a 20th-century door and a flat wooden hood. To the left, there is a weatherboard shed. The rear of the cottage has an old board door and leaded casements. Inside, the interior has a timber frame in the partition between the left bays.