Description:Built in the 17th century, this timber-framed and thatched Grade II listed building is situated close to what was the National School at the time of this photograph, adjacent to Armitage Lodge. It was two or three dwellings but has since been converted into a single residence and named Lodge Cottage.
This picture is from an album of photographs taken by Thomas Harvey Boycott (1876-1949) who lived with his widowed mother, Fanny Maria, whose family had lived at Handsacre Hall as farmers, together with his unmarried aunt, Sarah Elizabeth Harvey. Harvey was a Clerk at Lichfield District Probate Court and a skilled amateur photographer. The album was a parting gift from Harvey and his mother to the Rev. R.E. Grice-Hutchinson (1885-1976) who was Curate of Armitage with Pipe Ridware 1909-1913.