Church Cottage

Church Cottage, along with Church House, is a building dated 1754 internally, although it likely has earlier origins due to its important location. It underwent extensive refurbishment in the second quarter of the 19th century. The structure is two stories high with a three-window main range facing the Bull Inn, and it features a double-pile storeyed rear. The western range is probably contemporary with the front block and originally formed an L-plan house at the corner. This range was later extended northwards to include Church Cottage, which faces the church road.

The building is constructed of whitened rubble with modern slate roofs and plain rendered end chimneys on all ranges, along with weathercoursing. The entrance is located to the left of the main block and features a multi-pane modern glazed door. To the right, there are 12-pane near-flush 19th-century sash windows, and three 16-pane sashes on the first floor under the eaves. The eastern range at the rear has similar windows on the first floor, with French windows and a small modern canted window on the ground floor. The western side, facing the church road, has ground-floor windows that are at and below the current road level, which slopes upwards to the north. There are two further canted and leaded modern windows to the right and a plain modern window to the left, along with a 12-pane 19th-century sash window on the first floor. Modern glazed doors provide access to the upper entrance of Church Cottage on the left, with a small 8-pane sliding sash window to the right.

At the rear, there is a small yard between the eastern range, which terminates in front of the western range, and a 19th-century gabled projecting range at the rear of Church Cottage. Beneath this range, at basement level, is an oat kiln with a drying floor above.

The interiors are largely modern, but the primary western range at the rear features a roughly-beamed ceiling in its ground floor room, along with a former inglenook fireplace that has been broken through. A curved bressummer bears the inscribed date of 1754 and indecipherable initials. The oat kiln has perforated brick arches in its bays, with slate joists supporting the drying floor, and some perforated ceramic tiles remain.