Rose Cottage

STOKEINTEIGNHEAD CHURCH LANE, Stokeinteignhead SX 9070-9170

17/362 Rose Cottage 16.12.87

GV II

House. Probably an early C18 remodelling of an earlier house. Cob and stone rubble, the front wall rebuilt in stone at the right; corrugated iron roof over thatch, hipped at ends; right end stack (shaft truncated), 2 internal front lateral stacks. Plan: Single depth, 3 rooms wide, the centre room flanked by passages, the right hand passage including the main stair, 2 front foors, one into each passage. Outshut at left end. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3 window front. C20 gabled glazed porch to left hand door. C19 glazed porch to right hand door, 2 and 3-light C19 or C20 timber casements with glazing bars. Interior: Unaltered this century, very low ceilings, with a chamfered crossbeam in the centre room. Early features may be concealed behind later plaster. Roof: Straight principal rafters of large scanthing over the right end, probably C17 or C18, other timbers plastered-over. Apex of roof not inspected. In an important position in the village centre.

Listing NGR: SX9156370517