Holly Bank

Holly Bank is a cottage, part of a pair, that may have origins dating back to the 15th century. It is constructed of rubble with Ham stone dressing and features a thatched roof along with a brick chimney stack. The building is single storey with an attic and consists of three bays. The entrance door, located in the center, is boarded and has a heavy frame with an exposed timber lintel. Flanking the door are four-light hollow chamfered mullioned windows with rectangular leaded panes set beneath labels. Above bay one is a three-light ovolo moulded casement with square leaded panes, while bay three has a 19th-century four-light casement with horizontal glazing bars, both integrated into the thatch. There is also a semi-circular projection, approximately two meters high, possibly over bay three. Although the interior has not been seen, it is reported to contain three jointed cruck trusses with long tenons and windbracing, as well as a smoke-blackened wattle and daub partition in the roof. To the east, Holly Bank adjoins Orchard Cottage, with no clear external division between the two.