13, 15 and 15a (Orchard Cottage), Higher Street

Nos 13, 15, and 15A, known as Orchard Cottage, are three cottages located on Higher Street. Number 15 is likely from the 16th century, while number 13 was adapted around 1700, and number 15A is a 19th-century conversion of an outhouse. The cottages are built from Ham stone, featuring some coursed rubble and roughly cut and squared stone, with ashlar dressings. They have thatched roofs with plain gables, and the roof of number 15 is hipped at the angle. The buildings are arranged in an 'L' plan and are two storeys high.

The south-facing elevation of number 13 has two bays. The ground floor features mullioned windows, with the first bay being slightly chamfered and without a label, while the second bay has a four-light ovolo-mould window set in a wave-mould recess with a label. On the first floor, there are two small three-light casements set into the thatch. A plain doorway is located between the bays, accessible by four steps. The west flank has two bays of casement windows with three and four lights, and there is an untidy joint between numbers 13 and 15. The east gable includes a boarded door in a heavy frame and a single-light casement, along with a rendered outshut that has a segmental-arched casement. The east flank of the rear wing (numbers 15 and 15A) has casement windows, with number 15A featuring earlier leaded casements with iron-framed opening lights. There are 20th-century doors and a flat-roofed extension at the north end of number 15A.

The interiors have not been seen, but it has been reported that number 13 contains an eight-bay bead and panel ceiling that has been adapted or reused, along with a moulded timber bead around the fireplace, a gable corner winding stair with solid oak triangular section treads, and a post and panel screen. There are two cambered-arched doorways, one in number 13 and one in number 15. Number 15 features jointed cruck trusses, while number 13 has collar trusses and evidence of smoke blackening.