Rose Cottage Trumps Cottage

Rose Cottage and Trumps Cottage are two cottages that were once part of a large house, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. They underwent significant alterations when they were subdivided in the late 19th century. The cottages are constructed of plastered cob on stone rubble footings, with stone rubble stacks topped with plastered brick and a slate roof that was formerly thatch.

The cottages have a simple layout, each with a one-room plan, facing south. Rose Cottage is on the left (west) and has a front corner stack at the left end, while Trumps Cottage is on the right and features a right end stack that backs onto the adjoining Ashleigh Cottage. These cottages were created by dividing a 16th-century house that originally had a three-room-and-through-passage plan. Rose Cottage occupies the inner room, and Trumps Cottage occupies the hall. Both cottages are two storeys high and have secondary service outshots at the rear.

The exterior has a three-window front, with 20th-century horned four-pane sash windows at the left end, while the other windows are late 19th to early 20th-century casements with glazing bars. There is a central doorway that shares a gabled late 19th-century porch, which contains a pair of round-headed outer arches, both featuring 20th-century doors. The roof extends across the cottages between the adjoining houses.

The interior of Trumps Cottage was inspected during the survey. The ground floor party wall features a 16th-century oak plank-and-muntin screen that was originally located at the upper end of the hall. The muntins are chamfered with worn step stops, likely intended to accommodate a bench below. The fireplace is from the 17th century, built of rubble with a soffit-chamfered oak lintel that has run-out stops, and it contains a 19th-century cloam oven. The axial beam is also soffit-chamfered, though the stops have worn away. The roof was not accessible, but the bases of the straight principals suggest that it features 17th or 18th-century A-frame trusses.