Tudor Cottage

Tudor Cottage is a farmhouse that dates back to the 16th century, with alterations and extensions made in the 18th century and restoration in the early 20th century. It is constructed from squared and coursed local stone, with Ham stone dressings and a thatched roof. A brick stack is located at the left gable end, to the right of a through passage and set in from the gable end.

The building has a three-cell plan with a cross passage facing south and has been extended by one bay to the west, which now serves as a garage, with an outshot at the rear. It stands two storeys high and features three bays. The left side has a five-light mullioned window, while the right side has two- and three-light windows. The ground floor includes a five-light hollow chamfered stone mullioned window that is cut flat on the reverse, and replica three-light stone mullioned windows to the right of the entrance. The garage doors are located in the end bay on the right, and there is a hooded thatched porch leading to a 20th-century studded plank door.

Inside, there is a plank and muntin screen with a cambered head in the kitchen, along with chamfered beams that have step and run-out stops. A large recess is found to the right of the fireplace, which has a cambered head. The hall features a fireplace with a chamfered lintel and chamfered stone jambs, as well as chamfered beads with unusual stops. An early 13th-century straight stair, likely imported, has an opening string, turned balusters, a moulded handrail, and a square newel with a turned finial. There is also a plank and muntin screen to the inner roof with a cambered head. The east end has three pairs of jointed cruck trusses, while the west end has two pairs of framed collar beam trusses. The hall stack rises independently between two cruck trusses and features a frame of long converging studs, which was described in 1972 by Sir R de Z Hall as 'unique in our experience so far.' There is said to be evidence of smoke blackening, suggesting it may have originally been an open hall house.

In the 1920s and 1930s, the house was owned by Captain Halliday, a well-known antique dealer from Taunton, who is known to have imported and altered some features on the ground floor.