Clougheast Cottage

Detached five-bay two-storey thatched house, built 1826, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting glazed porch to ground floor; three-bay two-storey rear (west) elevation. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Reroofed, 2001. Chicken wire-covered hipped thatch roof with exposed hazel lattice stretchers to decorative raised ridge having exposed scallops, paired cement rendered red brick Running bond central chimney stacks having chamfered stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and exposed hazel stretchers to eaves having exposed scallops. Limewashed roughcast battered walls; slate hung surface finish to side (south) elevation. Square-headed central door opening into house with concealed dressings framing timber boarded double doors. Square-headed window openings with limewashed sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; reception room (south) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters; reception room (north) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in landscaped grounds perpendicular to road with rendered piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting timber gate.