Rose Cottage

MATERIALS: Timber-framed building, rendered overall, under a thatched roof with a scalloped ridge and off-centre, red-brick chimney stack. Late-C20 extensions have clay tile-covered, pitched roofs.

PLAN: Original C18 cottage of two storeys and two bays. C20 extensions to side and rear.

EXTERIOR: In the original cottage the first bay has single casement windows and the second bay has two-light casements. All the windows are modern timber casements with one, two or three lights. A late-C20, two-storey extension with a projecting single-storey porch to the north has been added to the side (north), and a single-storey extension under a lean-to roof to the rear.

INTERIOR: The timber framing of the original two-storey, two-unit cottage is largely intact. A roughly chamfered bridging beam survives, as do the majority of the joists. The original rear frame, which is roughly scored on the outer side of the timbers, survives at both ground- and first-floor level. It has vertical panels with down braces from the top of the main posts to the cross-rail, and from there to the replaced sill beam. An opening in the framing was probably a doorway to the outshut, as mortices on the posts indicate where a door may have been hung. The extent to which the front wall frame at ground-floor level survives is less clear. In the smaller room only two studs are exposed on either side of the window; however, it is possible that the remaining wall frame may be hidden by the render. A cut in the sill beam below the window in the larger room indicates the former position of the door. At first-floor level the intact front wall framing is exposed. Both the north and south cross frames are intact at first-floor level but, again, it is less clear to what extent the framing has survived on the ground floor. On the north cross frame a horizontal timber is exposed just below the bridging beam which may have been a lintel for a door or window. On the south cross frame the timber framing on the west half is exposed. The partition wall between the larger and smaller rooms retains the framing around the door and the small section of the middle rail on the east side up to the fireplace. The single-framed roof with purlins is predominantly intact with only a few replacement timbers. The roof is lined with felt but the wattle and daub is exposed at the gable ends. The north tie beam has been truncated to allow access to the extension.

The modern extensions to the cottage, and the garage and swimming pool in the garden, do not contribute to its special architectural or historic interest.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 19/07/2011