Old Tollgate Cottage

Built of local stone rubble on boulder foundations, with the original small slate roof replaced in October 1998. Single storey, a main living room opening on to an open verandah at the E end. One 6-paned window with deep glazing bars to the main living room facing E, and a paned window on the N side, the central four panes hinged to allow for the collection of tolls, and a smaller window on the S side of the inner room. Stack on the east gable end. At this end, a lean-to roof supported on two timber posts continues over a store at the N corner, and shelters the framed and battened entrance door and a third window facing the road junction. A half-brick wall has been built between the posts, and extends along the S side as a low retaining wall.

The living room occupies the E end of the cottage, with its fireplace, retaining its original fire beam, set across the angle in the corner to allow for the gable end window. A stone draught partition screens the fireplace from the entrance. The interior was undergoing re-ordering at the time of the inspection, but largely retains the original layout, with the renewed partitions to the inner room leaving a narrow service passage lit from the W gable at the end. New floor joists to the loft chamber. The loft is lit from a small window in the W gable end.