Rose Cottages

Rose Cottages is a group of four cottages, likely originating from the 17th century, with some remodeling and extensions made in the mid-20th century. The cottages are constructed from rendered stone rubble and cob, with the front partially slate-hung above the ground floor and the rear partly covered with corrugated iron. They feature a slate roof with gabled ends, and the left range has a lower roof. The rear wing, which is Number 4 Rose Cottages, has a cement-washed rag slate roof adorned with several early crested ridge tiles.

Prominent features include a rendered stone rubble chimney stack with a cloam oven projection and a brick shaft on the front slope of the higher gable on the left. There is also a stone rubble axial chimney stack with a brick shaft located between Numbers 1 and 2 Rose Cottages, and a 20th-century brick shaft on a projecting stone rubble chimney stack at the lower right-hand gable end. The very large, projecting stone rubble chimney stack is found on the gable end of the rear wing that comprises Number 4.

The layout of the cottages has been significantly altered, forming four one-room cottages likely in the 19th century, with rear outshuts. In the mid-20th century, these outshuts were replaced with shallow projecting wings. Numbers 1 to 3 are arranged in a line as terraced cottages, while Number 4 forms a rear wing set back at right angles from the lower right-hand gable end.

The cottages are two storeys high with a regular three-window front. Number 1 features a two-light casement window to the left and a rendered porch with a lean-to asbestos slate roof and a part-glazed 20th-century door, along with a two-light casement window above. Numbers 2 and 3 have two two-light casements with glazing bars flanking a central open porch with rendered side walls and a lean-to slate roof, containing two partly glazed doors. Above, there are two similar two-light casements above the ground floor windows. The rear wing, Number 4, has two-light casements with glazing bars and an entrance in the front gabled end.

Inside, Number 2 has bowtell mouldings on the ceiling beams dating to around the 18th century, along with a 20th-century chimney piece. Number 4 features a 20th-century chimney piece on its large stone rubble projecting end chimney stack, C20 ceiling beams, and roof timbers that are ceiled. The feet of the principal beams are straight and slightly chamfered.