Orchard Cottage

Orchard Cottage is a cottage that may date back to the 17th century, with a 1746 date and the initials T & DH on the front door lintel suggesting possible remodelling. The building is constructed of coursed, squared rubble and features a stone-flagged roof with corniced stone end chimneys, along with a graduated slate roof on the lean-to porch. It has two storeys with raised eaves and four bays. The entrance includes a plank door located in the inside porch. Sash windows have been inserted on either side in earlier openings after the sills were lowered, and there is a fire window on the far left. Two Yorkshire sashes have been added in place of former two-light openings where the mullions have been removed. All openings have chamfered surrounds. Inside, the cottage retains plank doors, and there is an 18th-century dog-leg, cut-string staircase with square balusters and scrolled tread ends. A later adjoining cottage to the right is not of interest.