The Cottage

The Cottage is an early 19th-century cottage ornée located on Moreton Road in Buckingham. It features a pebbledashed exterior with a plain-tile roof on the central unit and thatched roofs on the wings, along with brick ridge and end stacks. The building has a T-plan layout and presents a roughly symmetrical appearance with a small central block flanked by smaller wings, all of which are single-storey.

The central section includes a plank door with a pointed arched head, flanked by two 2-light leaded casement windows that also have pointed arched heads, a central division, and glazing bars at the top that resemble Y-tracery. The left wing contains a similar Gothick leaded casement window, while the right wing features a plank door on the left with a pointed-arched head and a small quartered window on the far right.

At the rear of the central unit, there is a wing with a half-hipped thatch roof and an attic storey, which includes a pair of 2-light leaded casements with pointed-arched heads on the ground floor and another 2-light leaded casement in the attic.

Inside, the right wing is separate from the rest of the cottage and was previously an outbuilding with a copper. It retains a brick fireplace with a cambered iron bar above the opening. The roof structure is visible here, featuring one tier of purlins made of undressed timber, which the owner claims to be ash, along with a similar ridge piece. Undressed timbers are reportedly used throughout the roofs of the building.