Rose Cottage

WARFIELD

SU87SE BOTTLE LANE, Moss End 674-1/12/177 (North side) 20/12/72 Rose Cottage

II

Hall house, now house. C15 altered C16, altered and extended mid and late C20. MATERIALS: timber frame with part painted brick infill and part painted render infill, extension is red brick in stretcher bond. Old tile gabled roofs. PLAN: probably H-plan formerly with central hall of 2 framed bays and 2 crosswings. Left crosswing now missing but evidence visible on west gable of continuation of timber frame. Now T-plan of 1 x 3 framed bays with extension on north. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 4 chimneys, of which 2 are late C16 with large battered bases, one of these, on north, now enclosed within extension. C20 casement windows with glazing bars. Entrance front to south has single bay projecting gable on right, with jowled posts and long arch braces to cambered tie beam, underbuilt in brick. Left hand section has two, 2-light windows on first floor and one 2-light window on ground floor. C20 hipped roof enclosed porch in angle with single light window and wooden plank door on return. Return gable on west has jowled posts with open mortices, 2 large arch braces to large cambered tie and arched braced collar, rafters have mortices for continuation of former wind braces. This was probably the centre truss of the former hall. A large late C16 chimney in centre. INTERIOR: much large section fine quality timber frame visible. Square section plain joists on ground floor with principal beam chamfered. Arch braced collar roof to former hall. Plain arch braced king post roof exposed over square stairwell in former crosswing. Large floor joists have been cut to insert C20 open well staircase.