Verney's Cottage

A modest stone cottage with a low slate roof caked in frozen slush, standing crooked at the village's edge near the church. Its single grimy window glows faintly from within, the only warmth breaking the unnatural stillness of Little Hodcombe. The Doctor’s pursuit stumbles past it, its thatched eaves heavy with icicles, while Wolsey and Willow ignore it entirely—a tactical blind spot that sharpens the mystery of who might hide within its weathered timbers.