A tall medieval cottage that goes up, not out. Stone-brick ground floor takes the structural weight, then two timber-framed wooden floors stack on top with each one cantilevered slightly out over the one below — that overhang is the whole reason this reads as medieval and not just "wooden tower." The granite-slab roof in pinkish-grey terracotta tiles is the build's signature; it's what you'll see first from across the village. Inside there are lanterns, decorated pots, a villager actually placed in one of the upper-floor windows, and a small bell hanging by the front door which signals that this is a working building (an inn, a guild house, a notary) rather than just a residence.
It's the biggest build in the medieval cottage set at 121 steps — figure on an hour or so in creative if you're not stopping for screenshots. Pair it with Tiny Cottage and Smithing Cottage and you have a credible village street: small starter house, working forge, big townhouse. The block list looks long but most of it is spruce slabs (180!) and oak planks (122) which you have piles of by week one of any survival run.
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