Rose Cottage And Adjoining Well Head

Rose Cottage and the adjoining well head is an estate cottage, now functioning as a house, built around 1700 and remodelled between 1820 and 1840, with additional alterations and extensions made in the mid-20th century. The structure is constructed of rubble, rendered and whitewashed, with the first floor partly covered in fishscale tiles. It features ashlar dressings and a pantile roof topped with a coped brick ridge stack.

The building stands two storeys high and has a six-window range. Most windows are 19th-century casements with leaded glazing; the first-floor windows have wooden mullions, while the ground floor has stone mullions. The gable facing the street has a stepped external brick stack with ashlar dressings and two flues, one of which is terracotta and crenellated. To the left of this gable is a two-light window, and to the right is a three-light window.

On the right side of the building, there is a hipped stone stair turret with a small window and an adjoining square ashlar external stack featuring a stone-banded square flue. There are various 19th- and 20th-century windows, including an 18th-century two-light ground floor window with ovolo mullions. The left side of the building has a two-light window on each floor, with additional first-floor windows to the left.

A central single-storey flat-roofed addition includes a five-light window and a door. Between the cottage and the well head is a square ashlar well head with slab coping and a round projection at the front, topped with a stone bracket that supports a crane and pulley. This building is noted for its picturesque style remodelled by Gregory Gregory, Lord of the Manor of Harlaxton, following the design principles of J.C. Loudon. It is included for its group value.