Whitehouse Cottage

Left (W) end of house late C16, originally single unit house with end entry (to W); right (E) end of house added circa 1600, or perhaps earlier (has wall-painting which is said to date from circa 1580). Later 1-storey extension to L, outshut rear (C17 to W, and C18), and porch. Severely damaged by fire circa 1978.

Two storeys, rendered rubble walls, thatched roof, low end chimneys. S front has central doorway with Tudor arch, concealed by thatched entrance porch with stone seat. To L side, at eaves level, 2 small casement windows, at ground level two sash windows. To R of porch, first floor has 2 square sash windows, similar window at ground floor. Single storey extension at W end with slate roof, stack to L hand and window in front wall.

West ground floor room retains narrow circular stone stair with corbelled roof and original wooden arched doorframe (on N side of fireplace); timber ceiling with 4 plain chamfered beams with half-pyramid and hollow cut stops. E ground floor room retains stone stair with corbelled roof and segmentally arched wooden doorframe on N side of fireplace; 2 chamfered ceiling beams. Beside stair is wall-painting in ochre of female figure in C16 dress holding flowers, said to be Jane Andrew painted on occasion of her marriage in 1580. Roof restored after fire; chamfered purlins with ogee stops on E side of the house form the lintels of the windows.