Rose Cottage

Rose Cottage is a late 17th and early 18th century cottage, with later 19th and 20th century additions and alterations, now arranged as two separate dwellings. The cottage is built of an oak timber frame with square panels, later filled with brick in a stretcher bond pattern. Modern uPVC doors and windows have replaced the originals, although the principal entrance door remains timber. The roof is tiled with clay.

The cottage is comprised of two units, arranged over two storeys, and orientated north-east to south-west. A central oak-framed partition wall divides each floor, along with a central staircase. Extensions built to the west, north-west, and north-east, consisting of two-storey brick ranges and glass lean-tos, are not of particular architectural interest.

The main elevation, facing south-east towards the garden, features two brick bays to the left, with a central plank entrance door set within a timber frame. The brickwork on the front has exposed timber posts at first floor level on either end, and the ground floor brickwork projects slightly forward from the brickwork of the upper storey. A late 19th and mid-20th century two-storey range is attached to the right and is not of special interest. The south-west gable end wall, which is timber-framed, has partially exposed framing and an external brick chimney breast.

Inside, the internal framing of the spine and rear walls is exposed. In the north ground-floor room, a visible cross beam is set within the plastered ceiling and engaged with the mid-rail of the rear wall. A fireplace, with a covered lintel, is set within a large chimney breast at the north end of the room; the ground floor is paved with clay bricks. The end walls appear largely rebuilt in brick. A 19th century timber staircase is located in the south room. On the first floor, the front wall of each bedroom has an exposed wall plate. The south bedroom has a ceiled roof, which incorporates 17th century oak trusses and rafters with a 20th century ridge piece. Original plank doors still retain historic hinges and catches.