Newcastle Cottage

Newcastle Cottage is a late 16th/17th century house, with later additions and alterations. Originally a two-storey, four-window building with a twin-gabled attic, it now has a modern rendered facade. The steeply pitched slate roof has a stone ridge and brick chimney stacks at the centre and ends. The windows are leaded, with recessed attic windows and two- and three-light cross-frame windows below, each with stone hoodmoulds. A splayed bay window is present on the right side of the ground floor. The off-centre entrance features a pointed arch with stopped jambs, a hoodmould topped with a carved stone head, and a modern glazed door. A small square window with a hoodmould is located centrally on the first floor.

A modern, two-storey extension is set back to the left. The right end wall is of whitewashed rubble stone, with a blocked window. A screen wall with pointed arch openings runs alongside the end of the drive. A brick extension with a slate roof, dating from around 1900, is located at the rear, along with the remains of former stables. A high retaining wall exists at the rear due to the steeply rising ground.

The interior plan is of an outside cross passage type, backing onto the central chimney, with mid-17th century additions to the left. Features from the late 16th and 17th centuries remain, including reed-moulded and stop-chamfered beams; it is believed that herringbone joists are concealed behind the plaster ceiling. The original three-bay hall is now divided into two rooms, one of which (the dining room) retains panelling from the demolished Dunraven Castle. A concealed fireplace, spiral stone stairs, and panelled shutters are also present. The roof structure is of an A-frame design and incorporates original beams, with successive raising of the eaves leading to additional purlins being laid back-to-back.