The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HILDENBOROUGH NIZELS LANE (west side) TQ 55 SW 1/170 The Cottage
II
Small house and adjoining outbuilding. Probably early C19. Brick; peg-tile roof; brick stacks.
Plan: The house, which may have originally been used in part for stabling, faces approximately east. L plan, the main block 2-cell with a central entrance and a rear right wing. The left hand room of the main block is heated from an end stack, wing heated from an end stack. Adjoining coach- house at the right end of the house.
Exterior: 2 storey house, single storey outbuilding. Gable-ended roof to the house. Coach-house roof hipped. Slightly asymmetrical 3-bay front elevation to the house with a central C19 plank front door. The ground floor openings have crank-arched brick voussoirs, painted white. Ground floor window left is a 16-pane C19 sash. The right hand window is larger with small panes with iron glazing bars. 2 first floor 16-pane C19 sashes to left and right, first floor centre 2-light casement, C19 or C20, in a reduced embrasure, perhaps replacing a loft opening. The coach-house to the right has a pair of C20 full-height metal doors to the left and a small doorway with a cranked arch, brick voussoirs and a plank door.
Interior: Not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ5461650452

English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.