Rose Cottage

SY 09 SW ROCKBEARE MARSH GREEN

3/110 Rose Cottage - - II

Cottage. Probably C17, refurbished in late C19. Plastered cob on stone rubble footings, one end rebuilt in brick; one stone rubble or cob stack, the other brick and both topped with C19 brick; thatch roof. 3-room plan cottage facing south-east. Axial stack serving back-to-back fireplaces between centre and right (north-eastern) rooms. Left end stack in rebuilt brick wall. 2 storeys. Regular but not symmetrical 3-window front, all C20 iron-framed casements except the first floor right which is C19 with glazing bars. Main doorway left of centre is C20 behind contemporary gabled and tile-roofed porch. Secondary plank door at right end. Roof half-hipped to right and gable-ended to left. The left end wall is whitewashed brick which appears on end of front as imitation quoins. Interior: all beams are covered over or have been removed and fireplaces are blocked. Roof not inspected but is said to include original A-frame trusses.

Listing NGR: SY0418893671