The remains of Warren Cottages occupy a turf covered outcrop on the northern side of the Exe valley, and close to Warren Bridge. In 1851 these cottages were recorded as being inhabited by a shepherd and his wife, an agricultural labourer and 3 lodgers, by the 1880s these were unoccupied. They consist of a four celled building with an annex on the southwestern side. Only the southwestern wall close to the eastern gable end now survives as standing masonry: coursed drystone walls 0.8 metres high and 0.5 metres wide. A gap of 0.7 metres in the southern wall close to the eastern end marks a former doorway. The positions of the north eastern wall and all the internal divisions are marked by scarps and robbing trenches.
Age: of its time
Rarity: not uncommon to find ruined 19th century farm workers dwellings but less common to have them associated with Knight Estate
Distinctive Design: Similar footprint to White Rock Cottage – so may be single storey Scottish croft type.
Historical Association: named inhabitants and occupations and association with Knight Estate
Evidential Value: evidence for internal floors, fittings and potentially artefacts may survive
Social Communal Value: on distinctive outcrop
Group Value: associated with Warren Farm and rabbit warren.
Collective Value: with other buildings on Knight Estate
Strong association with the Knight estate.