The Thatched Cottage And Rose Cottage And Limestone Flag Wall

The Thatched Cottage and Rose Cottage are two semi-detached cottages located on Main Street in Bledington. The Thatched Cottage dates from the 17th century, while Rose Cottage is possibly from the late 17th to early 18th century. Both cottages have 20th-century extensions at the rear that are not of special interest. The buildings are constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone and sandstone, with brick stacks on ashlar stumps. The Thatched Cottage features a thatched roof, while Rose Cottage has a slate roof.

The cottages have a rectangular plan, with a projecting bread oven on the right gable end of The Thatched Cottage. Rose Cottage has a symmetrical facade, is two storeys high, and features a two-windowed first floor with 2-light casements. The ground floor has 2-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casements with stopped hoods, and a central plank door within a porch that has a corrugated iron canopy supported by breeze block walls.

The Thatched Cottage is one and a half storeys tall, with its upper floor lit by an eye-brow dormer that contains a 19th-century three-light metal casement. There is a blocked doorway on the lower left with a 2-light stone-mullioned window in the blocking, and a 2-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned window on the lower right. Both cottages have gable-end stacks. Additionally, there is a limestone flag retaining wall in front of the gardens. The interiors have not been inspected.