Cowmans Cottage

Cowmans Cottage is a farmhouse dating from the late 15th century, with alterations made in the early 17th century. A cider cellar was added in the 19th century, and the building was restored in the late 20th century. It is constructed of red sandstone random rubble, featuring a catslide roof to the left of the doorway and an asbestos slate bitumen-covered roof to the right, above a tall external stone stack, with a brick stack at the left gable end. The layout includes an open hall with low partitions, a ceiled area, and a stair turret, with an adjoining single cell. The structure now consists of three cells and a cross passage, with the cider cellar incorporated as the kitchen.

The building is two stories high and has a two-bay block to the right of the external stack. A 20th-century two-light casement window with many panes is located below a wooden lintel in the end bay to the right, while the left side has an unlit catslide roof with a tiny lancet window in the re-entrant angle. The entrance features a shouldered wooden doorframe with a plank door, and there is a similar doorcase on the rear elevation.

Inside, there is a stone spiral staircase in the addition, leading to a room beside it, which has a peaked door frame. The fireplace features a chamfered bressumer, with a corn drying kiln to the right and a bread oven also on the right. Lateral beams and a chamfered wooden lintel are present over the lateral fireplace. The first floor contains three pairs of jointed crucks and a wattle and daub partition, with remains of a plaster panel dated to the 1640s said to survive on one partition, though it has not been sighted. The building was formerly known as Willett Farmhouse.