Spencer Cottage Spencer House

Spencer Cottage and Spencer House are two houses that have been combined into one, along with an attached stable that has been incorporated into the main house and cottage. They date from the mid to late 18th century, with some early to mid-19th century and 20th-century additions. The buildings are constructed of coursed sandstone and have a pantile roof, forming a U-shaped plan with a main range and two rear ranges.

The structure is two storeys high and has six bays, with the first bay added in 1908 and the next two in the early to mid-19th century, giving a cohesive appearance overall. The ends of the building feature quoins, and there are additional quoins between the first and second bays, as well as between the third and fourth bays. In the fourth bay, there is a six-panel door framed by an ashlar architrave with bases, a pulvinated frieze, and a cornice. The second bay has a blocked door that has been converted into a window. The sash windows throughout have glazing bars, with ashlar projecting sills and deep lintels in the first bay, while the other bays have architraves. The eaves are brick stepped, and there are shaped kneelers with ashlar copings. The building features rebuilt brick stacks at the ends and between the third and fourth bays.

At the rear, the openings have plain ashlar surrounds. The left side of the building has 20th-century metal-framed casement windows. The former stable, now part of the house, is located at the rear left and is connected by a 20th-century flat-roofed linking block, which is not of special interest. This stable has quoins and features, from left to right, a board door, paired part-glazed doors, a 20th-century window, raised verges with reversed crowstepping, and external stone steps leading up to a board door for the loft on the left return.

Inside, the ground-floor room on the far right has fielded panel doors and shutters, panelling, and a cornice with an egg-and-dart motif. The staircase features column-on-vase balusters, although some alternate balusters have been removed. The first-floor room on the far right also has fielded panelling and a dentil cornice. Notably, set into the architrave of the front door are cast-iron bell-pushes, one marked 'NIGHT' and the other 'VISITORS', which date back to the 19th century when the house was occupied by a doctor.