Cul-De-Cottage

This is an early 19th-century cottage with later 20th-century alterations, though the rear extension and a two-bay wing are not included in the listing.

The cottage is built of a mix of random and squared Doulting stone, originally thatched but now with a Roman clay tile roof featuring a stepped coping to the east gable and brick chimneystacks. A later 20th-century rear extension is of rendered walls and a Roman tiled roof, while an adjacent single bay is of Cary stone and has a flat roof.

The building is L-shaped, consisting of the original early 19th-century house, the later rear extension, and an attached two-bay wing connected to Chapel Yard House. The 20th-century addition and wing are not of special interest. Similarly, a detached garage to the south-east is excluded.

The south-west facing three-bay front has a central entrance with a later 20th-century panelled door with a top light, sheltered by a pitched tile roof hood. A later 20th-century two-light timber casement sits to the left of the doorway, while the right-hand bay features a 1:3:1-light square bay window with horizontal bar casements and a hipped zinc or lead-covered roof. Three later 20th-century casements—two and three lights—are found on the first floor. There is a random rubble right return with a ground floor timber casement. A two-storey, later 20th-century addition (not of special interest) on the right has a three-light window to both ground and first floors. The rear elevation shows a doorway and patio doors at ground floor, along with windows of three and one light respectively on the first floor; the two bays to the right (not of interest) have two openings.

Internally, the layout has been altered, creating a hall and new openings in the former rear wall at ground and first floor levels to access the later 20th-century extension. The sitting room in the original section retains a fireplace with a modern surround, and a ceiling beam with shallow chamfering and run-out stops. A later 20th-century staircase in the hall provides access to the first floor, where all joinery is modern. The roof space retains original early 19th-century yoked principal rafters, tie beams, staggered trenched purlins and rafters, with later reinforcing timbers added.