Lilac Cottage

Lilac Cottage is a long, single-storey village house dating from the sub-medieval period. It features colourwashed rubble construction on a rubble plinth, topped with a steeply-pitched thatched roof, which is currently covered by a 20th-century corrugated asbestos roof. The building has a central stack with a plain rendered chimney and a similar chimney at the left end. To the rear, there are lower outer projecting service wings that form a C-plan layout.

The main entrance is located off-centre to the right and consists of a late 19th-century four-panelled door, with the upper two panels being glazed. Above the entrance is a segmental porch canopy supported by wooden brackets. To the right of the entrance, there is a masonry break followed by a 12-pane 19th-century casement window with a projecting cill. To the left of the door are two additional similar windows, with a boarded door beyond them. At the far left, there is a 20th-century tripartite plain-glazed window. The rear of the building has two small original windows with pegged oak frames and late 19th-century four-pane glazing. There is a low rubble addition to the right at the rear, which consists of two sections and features a modern window in a former entrance opening. A 19th-century brick addition is located to the left, with a pitched, slated roof and a boarded door.

Inside, the hall and the room beyond the central chimney have open roofs that show evidence of plastered and boxed wind braces. Where these braces are missing, the mortising evidence remains visible. The hall features a large chimney breast with a 20th-century fireplace that obscures the implied inglenook. Within the front-facing wall of the hall, there is a small square bible cupboard with a late 17th-century panelled door.