Cottage, 32m south-East of Hewish Mill Farmhouse

A mill worker's cottage dating from the late C18 and extended in the early C19. In recent years, the ground floor has been used for agricultural purposes.

MATERIALS: built of stone rubble with a pitched roof of double Roman tiles and an off-centre ridge stack of brick. There are timber casement windows with leaded panes.

PLAN: this two-storey cottage is oriented north-west to south-east and has a two-unit plan of single depth. It has been built in two phases; the bay to left being a slightly later, probable early-C19 addition. A lean-to of brick and some modern blockwork has been added to the front (north-east) of the building in the C19, and there are further additions to each gable end. These C19 and C20 structures have undergone alteration and are not of interest.

EXTERIOR: the front (north-east) elevation faces onto the farmyard and is partly masked by the C19 brick lean-to. A change in the masonry from coursed to random stone rubble and a straight joint which aligns with the chimneystack mark the extent of the original part of the building, the bay to the left (east) being a later addition. The main doorway is accessed from the lean-to and a window opening to the right of this may mark the position of the entrance (blocked) to the original part of the cottage. The windows are simple timber casements with leaded lights and iron fittings; all of two-lights except for the tall stair window to the right of the lean-to. The rear elevation has a plain plank door to the right-hand bay. Also to the ground-floor are two casement windows and matching two-light windows to the first floor.

INTERIOR: the ground floor has two principal rooms. The left-hand (southern) one appears to have previously been used as a dairy, but retains a roughly-hewn ceiling beam. The room in the north half of the building has a C19 cast-iron range set into the chimney breast which has a simple stone fire surround. A plank door with strap hinges leads to a straight elm staircase and the first floor. The walls and joinery to the first floor are whitewashed. All the doors throughout the interior are plank and batten. The roof has simple A-frame trusses and a single row of purlins, although one section has been replaced with a simple rafter roof.