The two adjoining thatched cottages in Green Lane are the sole remaining examples of what was once a common feature in the village. A review of such cottages present during the 19th and 20th centuries can be found here. Many such cottages were either roofed over with corrugated iron when re-thatching costs escalated, or, as happened in the post-WWII period, cottages were deemed uninhabitable and were demolished completely and replaced with more utilitarian styled houses with tiled roofs.
Although the structure of the old cottages in Smithy Lane and in Church Road (Harford Cottage) still remain, there has been extensive modernisation / reroofing / amalgamation.
The link to the official listing is here.