Rose Cottage

Rose Cottage is a detached two-storey cottage of 17th-century origin with an 18th-century façade, now flanked by 20th and 21st-century extensions on its west and south sides.

The building is constructed of red brick with blue brick banding and detailing, some timber framing, and a tiled roof. The 17th-century part of the building, located to the north-west, was originally a lobby-entrance cottage. In the 18th century, a new entrance was added on the east side, opening into a corridor from which rooms on either side were accessed. This corridor continued into the 17th-century part of the house. Modern extensions added in the 20th and 21st centuries provide access from the rear (west) side into a modern kitchen, and a new entrance on the south side includes an entrance lobby and two further modern rooms.

Externally, the 17th-century timber-framed part is confined to one bay at the rear north side. Two additional bays and an entrance were added to the front (east) in the 18th century. The brickwork is laid in Flemish bond with some patching to the north elevation where walls are of 17th and 18th-century date. The roof is hipped and tiled, with one axial chimney and another set within the house to avoid the ridge. All windows and doors are modern replacements.

The 18th-century front elevation has a central doorway with a gabled shadow mark above showing the position of a former porch. Ground-floor windows are set beneath segmental arches of alternating blue and red brick, with a soldier course above the door. A blue brick band marks the junction between ground and first floors. The rear (west) elevation combines the 17th-century cottage wall with the modern extension, which occupies most of the elevation southwards and includes a conservatory. A gablet rises above the western elevation and another above the modern extension. A hipped-roof extension projects to the south. The 17th-century west bay has a wooden band at the junction of first floor and gable; it has a double modern casement with soldier course above on the ground floor and a single window on the first floor. The modern west extension has two double windows on the ground floor and a triple window above, all with soldier courses. The rear door on the side of the modern extension now serves as the main entrance. The north elevation shows a patched wall in the 18th-century part with a blocked ground-floor entrance and single window above. The 17th-century part shows timber framing infilled with brick. The south elevation comprises almost entirely modern extension, except for a small part of the 18th-century frontage.

Internally, original stairs have been replaced by a repositioned modern staircase. The three modern rooms have no features of special interest. The two 18th-century rooms on the east frontage retain original features: one has a cross beam and spine beam, both chamfered with stops, and an 18th-century fireplace opening; the other has a chamfered cross beam and a fireplace that appears to be the exterior of the original 17th-century stack, opened in the 18th century to form a back-to-back fireplace. The 17th-century part of the house has a chamfered spine beam and joists, all original. The original fireplace in this room is constructed of brick with a bread oven set into one side and another opening opposite. The bressumer appears to have been repositioned on freshly re-pointed brick supports. On the first floor, the room above the dining room, in the 17th-century part, retains two purlins, a tie beam, and parts of two braces, now plastered. The 17th-century roof contains a mixture of old and modern rafters, while the 18th-century roof has butt purlins and collars and appears to be intact.

Rose Cottage dates to the 17th century and was improved in the 18th century by the addition of a new brick façade and two bays to the front of the house. It then remained largely unchanged, serving as agricultural worker accommodation until the final quarter of the 20th century, when further changes were made under Listed Building Consent.