Melrose Cottage

Melrose Cottage is a cottage that likely dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century, with later extensions in the 19th century and again in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of painted stone rubble with a first floor that is hung with scantle slate. It has an asbestos slate roof with gabled ends and rendered gable end stacks topped with wreathed caps and yellow clay pots.

The original structure features a two-room plan with an entrance located to the left of center, leading into a lobby at the bottom of the stairs, which are situated between the two rooms. Both rooms are heated by gable end stacks, with the right-hand room being the larger of the two. In the late 19th century, a two-storey, one-room plan addition was added to the right-hand end, set back slightly. A further two-storey wing was added to the rear of the left-hand room in the late 20th century.

The cottage is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical arrangement of windows, with a 2:1 window range; the right-hand window in the later 19th-century extension is set back. All the windows are late 19th or early 20th century, featuring two and three-light casements with glazing bars, some of which were repaired in the late 20th century. The doorway, located to the left of center, has a late 20th-century plank door and is sheltered by an open-fronted porch from the late 19th or early 20th century, which has a slate lean-to roof. At the rear, the late 20th-century extension is a gable-ended wing.

Inside, there is a straight staircase with stick balusters at the center, along with some other intact 19th-century joinery.