Rose Cottage

SJ 3612-3712 ALBERBURY WITH ROWTON CARDESTON 14/52 Rose Cottage -

• II

Cottage. Circa 1700, slightly altered and extended in the mid- to late C19. Timber framed with painted brick nogging on high painted red sandstone/Alberbury breccia rubble plinth; rear wall rebuilt in coursed red sandstone rubble (see straight joints); plain tile roof. End lobby entry plan of 2 framed bays. One storey and attic. Integral stone and brick end stack to left; large central gabled dormer with exposed collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts, and C19 two-light wooden casement. Framing: square panels, 2 from sole-plate to wall-plate. C19 two-light wooden casement to right; 6-panelled door to left with C19 gabled wooden porch. Exposed collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts in right-hand gable end; lean-to wash house to left with corrugated iron roof, and lattice window and boarded door to front. Lean-to addition at rear too. Interior: roof with single purlins and wind braces; left-hand ground-floor room with plain joists and chamfered beam with ogee stops; chamfered beam with ogee stops dividing bays; large open fireplace has a chamfered lintel with ogee stops; corner newel staircase. This is a largely unaltered example of a late C17 or early C18 squatters' cottage.

Listing NGR: SJ3650212385