Rose Cottage

COLEBROOKE COLEFORD SS 70 SE 3/116 Rose Cottage 26.8.65

GV II

Cottage, formerly 2 cottages. Probably late C18-early C19. Plastered cob on rubble footings; cob or rubble stack topped with c19 brick; thatch roof. 3-room plan cottage facing south, comprising a former 2-roan cottage to left (west and contemporary 1-room cottage to right east). There is a large stack between the 2 former units serving back-to-back fireplaces. On the right end and recessed back from front is a small and narrow full height former store now brought into domestic house. 2 storeys. Overall 3-window front of late C19 and C20 replacement casements with glazing bars. The larger left former cottage has symmetrical 2- window arrangement about central door with C20 half-hipped and thatch-roofed porch. The right former cottage has a 1-window front with now C20 door at right end. Footer store has C20 casements. Roof is hipped each end and store roof is also hipped. Interior has plain carpentry detail including stone rubble fireplaces with plain oak lintels, and plainly finished crossbeams of which that in left roan is possibly a replacement. Roof not inspected. Coleford is a remarkably unspoilt and picturesque hamlet.

Listing NGR: SS7721101039