Major's Farmhouse

Major's Farmhouse is a cottage that likely dates back to the 16th century. It has had windows added to the gable ends, and the front wall has been partly rebuilt. The cottage was also refenestrated in the mid-19th century. It features a rendered exterior over random rubble and has a steeply pitched corrugated iron roof, with corrugated iron cladding on the upper section of the left gable end. There is a 20th-century stack attached, and an 18th-century brick stack on a stone base, with upper courses made of 20th-century brick on the right gable end.

The building has a two-cell plan and was originally unheated, with an inner room divided by a partition and stairs inserted against the rear wall. It stands one and a half storeys tall, with the upper floor lit only by windows on the gable ends. The front features two three-light casements to the left of a plank door, which is sheltered by a gabled, waney timber porch. The rear elevation has a 19th-century casement aligned with the front door, and there is evidence of a blocked wooden mullioned window to the right.

The interior, which has been partially observed, includes a steeply chamfered beam in the hall and possibly a framed partition to the left, which is said to contain two pairs of jointed cruck trusses. This cottage may have originally been a single-ended open hall house and is one of the few surviving examples of a dwelling that has not had its roof raised to enhance and illuminate the upper storey, making it of considerable historic interest.