Fern Cottage (Number 7) And Attached Front Garden Wall

Fern Cottage (Number 7) and the adjacent Number 9 are two houses, with Number 7 dating to the 18th century and Number 9 to the 17th century or earlier. Both were heightened and altered in the 19th century. Number 7 is roughcast with a rubblestone base. It has exposed rafter ends and a plain tile roof, with a brick stack to the front left of the ridge and a rear stack. The interior layout is based on a three-unit plan, with rear extensions; a through-passage is located to the left of the front stack, alongside a hall bay. The front has two storeys and a four-window range, featuring 20th-century two-light casement windows. The 18th-century front door is positioned to the left of centre, and has six raised and fielded panels. It is sheltered by a 20th-century lean-to tiled porch supported by shaped 18th-century brackets. Number 9 has exposed rafter ends and a 19th-century crested slate roof, with stacks to the centre front and rear left. The interior plan is based on a two-unit layout, with rear additions. It has two storeys and a three-window range, with 19th-century two- and three-light casement windows, those to the ground floor set within segmental arches. The projecting stack has a fire window to the left return and inserted windows on each floor to the right. A 19th-century six-panelled door, glazed to the top, sits to the left of the stack, sheltered by a lean-to porch with 19th-century brackets. The interior spaces were not inspected. The front gardens are enclosed by low (approximately 1 metre high) painted rubblestone walls that curve to meet the houses.