Church Farm Cottages And Attached Wall

The cottages at Church Farm, dating largely from the 17th century, were extended and altered in the 19th century. They are built of painted render over a rubble or cob base, with a plain tile roof, exposed rafter ends, and a brick-finished rear lateral stack. Originally, the cottage on the left likely had a two-unit plan, while the cottage on the right may have been a single-unit outbuilding, now with a single-storey rear wing attached to its right. The cottages are two storeys high with a four-window front. The left-hand block is slightly taller and deeper, while the far-left section steps back, displaying a small three-light casement window above a 20th-century window, which may have been an entrance. Other windows in that block are 20th-century two-light casements. The right-hand block also steps back slightly, and contains a 20th-century gabled porch supported by brackets. A tiny square window with a central vertical iron bar sits above the porch; a leaded 3-light casement window from the early 19th century is centrally located on the first floor, and a larger late 19th-century window is on the ground floor to the right. A rear lean-to was re-rendered and reroofed around 1994. A rear wing to No. 2 cottage has a late 20th-century roof light. Inside No. 1, a chamfered axial beam is visible, along with exposed principal rafters to a collar truss roof and a stone newel stair. A diagonal buttress on the south-west corner extends as a wall approximately 1 meter high for about 15 meters southwards.