Rose Cottage

Rose Cottage consists of two houses that were originally built as one high-quality house around 1520 to 1540. No. 1 serves as the hall, while No. 2 is a service cell. The building is two storeys high and has three bays. It features a timber-framed and plastered structure, with the framing fully exposed on the front elevation and plaster infill panels. Originally, the house had a long-wall jetty towards the street, but the ground storey walling was pushed forward, likely in the 18th century, and plastered over to create a flush facade, which was later removed in the mid-20th century. The roof is covered with plaintiles and has a 16th-century internal end chimney on the left side.

The front of the cottage has four late 18th-century three-light windows, with the centre light containing a wrought iron casement. No. 1 features a mid-20th-century entrance door with multiple panels, while No. 2 has a 19th-century four-panelled door. The externally exposed framing displays high-quality enrichment, although it is now somewhat damaged. The bressumer over the jetty is moulded and has a frieze of cresting. The centre bay originally contained a large tripartite hall window, with the small right-hand side light being the most complete. This light features three moulded mullions, each adorned with a form of crocketing, and the head of each light has a traceried arched inset. The centre section is blocked but has a deep cill that once projected and was moulded. The left-hand light has been replaced by a doorway, and at the extreme right, there are two further blocked windows of four lights, with the lower one adjacent to a former cross entry and service block, now occupied by Barn Cottage.

Inside the hall, there is a wide open fireplace with a reused moulded lintel that bears an incomplete black-letter inscription. The end cell to the left has been subdivided into two small rooms with broach-stop chamfered joists, which is unusual as there is typically a parlour beyond the upper end of the hall. The building features arch windbraced close studding and evidence of a coupled-rafter roof, with rafters that were reused in a 17th-century clasped purlin roof.