Old Cottage/Storehouse in Churchyard of Church of St Mary

This is a small rectangular building constructed of roughly coursed rubble stone with the upper walls of red brick and a pantiled roof. The entrance elevation is partly concealed by ivy but it has a central plank door which is C19, in a C19 opening, marking the present floor level. To the right of this is a low window now blocked relating to the original floor level. Above this is a large square opening for the hayloft door in the C19 brickwork. The two gable ends display the gable of the original cottage, showing it to have been a low one-and-a-half storey late medieval type. The rear elevation is blind and again clearly shows the original walling and the C19 heightening. Plain roof without chimneys, demonstrating the conversion of the building to non-domestic use in the C19.

Features still in evidence are the fireplace and window of the cottage, also the additional thickness of the stone wall is clear to be seen. All this shows how the floor level was raised at the time of conversion. The roof is in two bays with a principal truss with a collar, staggered purlins, secondary rafters and ridge piece all complete to the mid C19.