Goldmine House Rose Cottage

SJ 67 NE GREAT BUDWORTH C.P. SOUTHBANK South Side

6/98 No. 26 (Goldmine House and Ross Cottage) -

GV II

House and cottage, circa 1870, by John Douglas. l½ storeys, substantial, of irregular plan. Brown brick and oak small framing; clay tile roofs. Slightly projecting cross-gable with 1-room wing right and long recessed wing left. Zig-zag raised brick band at 1st floor to front of cross-gable and right wing; project=ion under catslide roof at right end of left wing; driftway to left under oak-framed gable on brackets; Ross Cottage occupies the bay left of driftway. Boarded door with ornate hinges and latch in left face of cross-wing; wood-mullioned leaded casements; timber-fronted gabled dormer in right wing; blue diapering to brickwork left of driftway; inserted casement and probably inserted sprocketed dormer in Ross Cottage; Flush 2-flue brick chimney on right gable, flush 3-flue chimney at rear of cross-wing and 3-flue chimney on ridge of left wing. Windows at rear altered. The C20 modification to Ross Cottage are not of special interest. Interior not inspected. Designed as an element of the villagescape, this confidently handled Vernacular Revival building closes the view down Southbank from the village centre; one of the "very pleasing buildings south of the [church] by Mr Douglas". W.Raffles Davison The British Architect 12 December 1884.

Listing NGR: SJ6647577459