Cherry Tree Cottage

Cherry Tree Cottage and Tudor Cottage Local limestone rubble walls, Welsh slate gabled roof with gabled dormers and modern brick stacks. Two storeys and attic. Main street elevation, from south-west (right) end, lean-to against main building, with modern panelled door to Cherry Tree Cottage; in front wall of main house, firstly and secondly a 2-light window to both ground and first floors and a small attic window to each gable; the windows in latter bay are set to east beyond roof stack to back-to-back hearth, to blocked doorway and possible joint in front wall. Thirdly, an arched stone doorway with straight edged jamb. Fourthly, and now Tudor Cottage, shallow rectangular storeyed bay window (see the Swan Inn, Llantwit Major); this has a modern 3-light window with lintel with scored voussoirs on ground and first floors with a small round headed single light C16 window in each return; small single light window to attic dormer. Fifthly, 2-light ground floor window and smaller 3-light first floor window, both with scratch voussoirs to their heads. All the larger windows are late C20 casements in altered openings and under timber lintels. Steeply pitched roof with three rebuilt stacks, left gable, cross-passage and central to Cherry Tree Cottage. Rear elevation not seen at resurvey.

Cherry Tree Cottage forms the right hand half of the C16 house up to and including the main door and cross-passage.

Interior not inspected at resurvey, the building does not appear to have been altered since listing (1982). The house consists of the Hall and Parlour of the late C16 house. The previous list description says, 'Arched and chamfered stone doorways with stops e.g. to east ground floor room from passageway, to inner ground floor room at east end and two doorways at top of staircase. Ground floor room immediately to east of passage with arch over bay window, with chamfered beams with pyramid stops, the stops on centre beam more ornately carved and with crescent moons also; stopped and chamfered fireplace surround.' The mural stair leads to paired first floor doorways as in the Old Swan (qv). All this shown in plan and detail in RCAHMW.