Rosecare Villa Farm Cottage, The Hayloft and The Byre

Rosecare Villa Farm Cottage, The Hayloft and The Byre is a cottage with attached agricultural buildings dating to the late 17th and early 18th centuries, with significant alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The former shippen with hayloft and stables were converted to residential use in the 20th century. The former stables, which form the western part of the complex, date to 1720 and were designed for himself by Mr Stacey.

The buildings are constructed of slatestone rubble, with the south elevation of the cottage rendered. The east (farmyard) elevation of the former stables is clad in large bolted slates with weatherboarding above. The oak roof structures are covered in slate. A 19th-century brick chimney stack to the cottage is rendered.

The original plan consists of a single-unit cottage at the east end with an attached shippen and hayloft over at the west end, the two divided by a chimney. A single-storey outshut is attached to the west. The west end has been remodelled for living accommodation with the central stair removed. Access to the first floor is via a rebuilt external stair to the hayloft door. The outshut opens into the single-storey range of former stables, which comprises two stables under a gabled roof, extended to the north in the 20th century to adjoin the outshut.

The cottage rises two storeys under a hipped slate roof with central ridge stack. The south (farmyard) front is rendered with modified openings and a modern freestanding porch to the left. The east elevation serves as the main entrance front with two windows and a cottage door to the right in an enclosed modern porch. A 19th-century outshut projects from the north-east corner, later extended in the later 20th century. The north front has a sealed opening above the pantry roof and concrete stairs leading to a hayloft door with a shallow canopy carried on timber brackets; earlier stairs remain covered beneath. A modern clinic extension clad in weatherboarding stands to the right. The west flank of the cottage has slate hanging above the outshut roof and a small opening in the north elevation of the outshut. Brickwork at the junction of cottage and outshut suggests the outshut may date to the 19th century.

The former stables has two sealed door openings and two inserted windows in the slate hung farmyard elevation. The right end of the roof was extended in the 20th century. The west elevation is rendered except for the left bay, a 20th-century construction of red brick with a modern door. The south gable end has an attached late 20th-century garden wall.

In the cottage interior, the parlour retains a slatestone fireplace with bressumer and cast-iron oven door. The first floor exposes the oak roof structure with long-pegged principals in the manner of 17th-century construction. The chimney breast divides the space, and a 19th-century fireplace with cast-iron grate stands in the bedroom. Both floors contain 20th and 21st-century partitions and fittings.

The former stables interior retains three exposed oak trusses, roughly carved with curved collars and long pegs. The room now serves as a kitchen and connects to the cottage outshut via two thick-walled door openings separated by a narrow passage.