Nell's Cottage — LYRE EAST (COS. BY.)

Detached four-bay single-storey rubble stone farmhouse, c.1800, originally thatched. Reroofed, c.1925. Now disused. Pitched roof with replacement corrugated-iron, c.1925, over thatch with iron ridge tiles, rendered squat chimney stack, rendered coping, and no rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls with remains of painted lime render over. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and timber lintels. Now boarded-up. Square-headed door opening with timber lintel, and timber boarded door.(a) Attached single-bay single-storey outbuilding, c.1850, to right (north). Reroofed, c.1950. Pitched roof with replacement corrugated-asbestos, c.1950, iron ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls with remains of painted lime render over. Square-headed door opening with timber lintel, and sheet-iron door.(b) Attached single-bay single-storey coach house, c.1900, to left (south) with square-headed carriageway to side (south) elevation. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered coping, and no rainwater goods. Unpainted rendered walls over random rubble stone construction. Square-headed carriageway with painted red brick ‘voussoirs’ forming elliptical head, and painted corrugated-iron double doors.(ii) Detached three-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding with half-attic, c.1840, to east. Refenestrated, c.1965. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods on exposed timber eaves. Remains of unpainted lime rendered walls over random rubble stone construction. Square-headed window opening with no sill, painted red brick ‘voussoirs’, and replacement timber casement window, c.1965. Square-headed door openings (including to first floor side (south) elevation) with one camber-headed door opening having painted red brick ‘voussoirs’, and iron-sheeted doors.(iii) Detached five-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding with half-attic, c.1860, to south-east. Refenestrated, c.1985. Undergoing renovated, 2003, with some openings remodelled possibly to accommodate residential use. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings (one originally door opening remodelled, 2003) with no sills, red brick dressings, and replacement timber casement windows, c.1985. Some square-headed slit-style window openings with replacement uPVC casement windows, 2003. Square-headed door opening under elliptical relieving arch having red brick voussoirs, and replacement glazed timber double doors, c.1985.