Rose Cottage

Rose Cottage is a late 18th-century timber-framed building, rendered and covered by a thatched roof with a scalloped ridge and an off-centre red-brick chimney stack. Later extensions in the late 20th century feature clay tile-covered pitched roofs.

The original cottage comprises two storeys and two bays. 20th-century extensions have been added to the side and rear. The original cottage’s first bay has single casement windows, while the second includes two-light casements; all windows are modern timber casements. A two-storey extension with a projecting single-storey porch has been added to the north side, alongside a single-storey extension with a lean-to roof to the rear.

The interior of the original two-storey, two-unit cottage retains much of its timber framing. A roughly chamfered bridging beam and the majority of the joists are still present. Original rear frame timbers, scored on their outer surfaces, remain at both ground and first floor levels, featuring vertical panels with down braces connecting the top of the main posts to the cross-rail and sill beam. Mortices in the posts suggest the presence of a former doorway to an outshut. The extent of survival of the front wall frame on the ground floor is less apparent, with only a few studs visible in the smaller room. A cut in the sill beam indicates the former location of a door in the larger room. First-floor front wall framing is exposed, as are the north and south cross frames. An exposed horizontal timber on the north cross frame may have been a lintel for a door or window. The partition wall between the rooms retains framing around the door and a section of the middle rail near the fireplace. The roof structure with purlins is largely intact, lined with felt, with wattle and daub visible at the gable ends. A tie beam on the north side has been cut to allow access to the extension.

The modern extensions to the cottage, as well as the garage and swimming pool within the garden, do not possess any special architectural or historic interest.