Cottage Adjoining Rose Cottage At The East

This cottage, located at the east of Rose Cottage, likely dates back to the 18th century. It features whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings and has a thatched roof with a gable at the right end and a stack at the left end, along with a projecting stack at the right end. It is one of a pair of cottages that were said to have originally been three separate properties. The original layout may have included a single-cell cottage at the right end, while the left-hand end could have been one half of a two-cell cottage. The building has a two-room single depth plan with a central entrance in front of the stair and a rear lean-to for service rooms. The living room and kitchen are on the right, while the parlour is on the left. The cottage is two storeys high and has a symmetrical two-window front with a central porch featuring a sloping slate canopy supported by stone cheeks. The windows are late 19th century two-light casements with glazing bars. Inside, there are exposed joists of slender scantling, and the right-hand room includes an open fireplace with stone rubble jambs, a plain timber lintel, and a cloam oven. The left-hand fireplace has a 19th-century chimney piece. There is a blocked doorway in the left-hand room that once led to the adjacent property, Rose Cottage. This cottage is part of a group of thatched cottages at Gridley Corner.