Tudor Rose

Tudor Rose is a small cottage with origins likely dating back to the 17th century. It features colourwashed rendered cob and a corrugated iron roof, which was formerly thatched, with an axial stack located at the right end. The cottage may have originally been part of a larger 17th-century house that was divided into four cottages in the 18th century, or it could have been one of a row of small 17th-century cottages.

The building has a single-depth plan that is one and a half rooms wide, with direct entry into a large heated room on the right, while the half room serves as a small unheated service room to the right. It stands two storeys high and has an asymmetrical front with two windows. The front door is located on the left under a timber lintel, and there is a small one-light window under a timber lintel lighting the service room to the left. The other windows are three-light casements, with three panes per light, and the ground floor window on the right is also under a timber lintel.

The interior plan remains intact, although there was no access to the roof space during the survey in 1985, so the roof trusses could not be examined. Tudor Rose is part of a row of four cottages facing the main road through Clawton and is paired in plan with the adjoining cottage, Mazoe, making it an unusual example of a very small two-room cottage.