The Old Cottage

The Old Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, likely raised and altered in the 18th century, with further alterations and a porch added in the 20th century. It is constructed of squared sandstone, with limestone at the front and coursed rubble sandstone on the sides and rear. The roof is made of pantiles and features brick stacks. The building has an L-shaped plan and is two storeys high with a two-window front. The entrance is located in the added porch at the right gable end. The ground floor has two-light casement windows with diamond leaded glazing, including similar lights in an enlarged fire-window opening at the right end. The first-floor windows are similar but shorter, with renewed sills and lintels. The right end has a stack, and the roof is hipped at the left with a stack at the base. The right return features a gabled porch that contains a studded plank door.

Inside, at the right end, there is an inglenook fireplace with a heck and bressumer, along with a bread oven and spice cupboard. The interior includes a chamfered broach-stopped spine beam and chamfered joists with run-out stops. A beam at the rear has mortices that may have supported a boxbed partition. At the left end, the spine beam is stop chamfered, and the studded partition remains. There is one raised cruck truss in each gable wall and one in the centre. Although the end trusses have been damaged, the centre truss features a saddle apex with a collar and studded partition. The rear range includes a chamfer-stopped cross beam, a chamfered hearth beam, and joists, with the remains of one raised cruck truss close to the front range. Towards the centre, an upper cruck couple, possibly reused from the damaged truss, is raised on a tie beam and has a collar and saddle apex.

The interior of the house was not inspected.