The Cruck Cottage

The Cruck Cottage is a house dating back to 1665, significantly altered in 1964. Originally a three-cell hearth-passage plan with an outshut, the exterior was largely rebuilt using coursed rubble sandstone, and the roof and frame were raised. It has a pantile roof and brick stacks. The building is two storeys high, with a four-window front. A 20th-century door is centrally located on the right, and the windows are 20th-century square lattice lights with concrete sills and lintels. The gables are coped, and shaped kneelers are present at two levels; the lower kneelers are original and feature carved stone heads, with one dated. End and a right-of-centre stack are present.

Inside, two original cruck pairs with saddle apexes remain, along with studding between the first-floor rooms on the left. On the ground floor, the original hearth beam and chamfered spine beams are visible, one featuring stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. Most of the original joists, some of which are chamfered, have been retained, and ground-floor studding has been reused.