Crown Cottage

Crown Cottage is a two-window, two-storey cottage dating from the 17th century, rendered over timber-framing and covered by a slate roof. It stands on a plinth and features a large lateral brick stack to the rear. A central entrance is sheltered by a shallow gabled porch with moulded wooden posts and trellis sides; it contains a 20th-century ribbed wooden door. The entrance is flanked by pairs of wooden cross-windows with quarry glazing. The upper storey has two 2x2-light wooden casements with small-pane glazing. The rear elevation has a large external brick stack to the far left, set at a slight angle, stepped, with dentilled brick banding; the west gable end of the adjacent property, number 15, was built up against it. The ground floor has a half-glazed wooden door with small-pane glazing to the left of the centre, and a top-hung small-pane window to its left. A similar door is situated to the far right. The upper storey has two top-hung small-pane wooden windows to the left, a small 3-light casement to the right of the centre, and a gabled hipped-roofed dormer to the right containing a small 2-light iron window, which illuminates the staircase. Two small skylights are set into the roof pitch.

The interior is divided into two units: a former hall to the right and a parlour to the left. Ceilings feature medium-chamfered spine-beams with cut stops; a section of an older, deeper-chamfered spine-beam survives at the right end of the hall, joining into the former beams. At the right end is an early moulded wooden window frame, blocked when number 15 was built. The partition between the hall and parlour is half-timbered and sits on a high plinth. A stone end wall to the left end of the parlour contains a blocked fireplace with a large shaped timber lintel; this chimney may have been removed when the adjoining Crown House was remodelled. To the right of the fireplace is a salt niche with an early boarded door. A quarter-turn closed-string staircase is located in the rear northwest corner, featuring uneven treads, fine turned balustrading with moulded handrails to the landing, and a panel opposite the top of the stairs. The first floor is supported by simple tie-beam trusses set on posts which sit on top of truncated crucks. The ceiling is supported by beams with a shallow to medium chamfer, while the side walls are of small-scantling timber framing. Good boarded and ledged doors are present. A small brick fireplace, connected to the lateral stack, is found in the northeast corner. From the landing, a short flight of stairs, lit by a dormer, continues up to the attic. The attic is open, with two rows of purlins and a small 2-light wooden window to the east end, which was blocked when number 15 was built.