The Ingle And Rose Cottage

A farmhouse, now divided into two private dwellings, was likely built in the early 16th century and remodelled in the 17th century, with an extension probably added in the 18th century. The exterior is a combination of painted rendered cob and stone, with a thatched roof that is gable-ended on the left and hipped on the right. There are axial brick stacks, one originally positioned at the front left gable end, another at the front lateral hall, and a third across the front angle at the right end. The original layout was a three-room through-passage plan, initially an open hall house, which was then floored over in the 17th century and later divided at the upper end of the hall. An additional room and staircase were added to the left end.

The building has two storeys and a two-window front. The windows are largely from the 19th and 20th centuries, including a two-light window and a three-light window, each with two panes per light. A slated, lean-to porch has been added to the left-hand cottage, and a 20th-century door provides access to the through-passage.

Inside Rose Cottage, three fine plank and muntin screens remain, two on either side of the through-passage. The screen on the right is eight panels wide and includes an old three-plank door, while the screen on the left is six panels wide and has been plastered over at the front. Both screens have scroll-stopped chamfered muntins. A third screen forms the partition between the two cottages, with nine panels and a doorway featuring a chamfered surround and scroll-stopped spandrels. This screen’s muntins are chamfered and contain mortice holes indicating a former dais bench, now removed. A scroll-stopped ovolo moulded hall ceiling beam with scratch-mouldings on the joists is also present. A winder staircase is located to the right of the hall fireplace. A scroll-stopped chamfered door surround frames a blocked doorway at the head of the stairs. A chamfered beam is found at the lower end, with another winder staircase positioned in the rear right-hand corner.

The roof structure shows several phases, with the earliest truss remaining over the lower end, possibly originally short-legged crucks, though the feet have rotted. The collar is tenoned and has soffit mortices for the principals. Short apex pieces have been scarfed onto the principal tips to carry the ridge piece. Smoke blackening is visible on the inner face and some of the purlins, while the two possibly 17th-century pegged trusses over the hall are relatively clean. Three 20th-century trusses were added between these and the older truss. The roof space over the upper end is inaccessible.