Perseverance Cottage, Harpsden is located above the valley by the side of the road which climbs up Chalk Hill, also known as Perseverance Hill. Originally of 2 bays with a large external brick stack, thatched and of small scantling timbers, brick & flint underbuilt up to first-floor level; probably a 17th-century smallholder’s cottage built on the road margins. A timber-framed extension on the west side was added under a hipped roof, possibly in the late C18th or early C19th, probably with re-used timbers and lacking traditional carpentry skills – but fitting the label of picturesque!