Rose Cottage

Rose Cottage is a house dating from around the mid-18th century. It is constructed of shale rubble with dressed granite quoins and lintels, and features slate sills. The steep roof is covered with asbestos slate and has brick chimneys at the gable ends. The house has a double depth plan, with a parlour on the left, a kitchen on the right, and a passage between them leading to a central rear stair that connects to shallow service rooms at the back. It is two storeys high plus an attic, which is lit by windows in the gables.

The north front of the house was originally symmetrical with three windows, although the middle window on the first floor has been blocked. There is a central doorway with a six-panel door and a partly glazed gabled porch. The windows are early 19th-century hornless sashes with 16 panes, except for a four-pane horned replacement on the ground floor to the right.

Inside, the house retains many original 18th-century features, including a panelled dado on the right side of the passage, pine muntin and plank partitions, two-panel doors, and a dog-leg closed string stair with a moulded handrail and column-turned balusters. The large fireplace in the kitchen includes a fringle cupboard and a 19th-century cast iron Cornish range that is still in use. The interior of this 18th-century house is notably complete and has remained largely unaltered since its construction.