Plague Cottage And Rose Cottage

Plague Cottage and Rose Cottage are a house and an attached cottage dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 20th centuries. They are constructed of coursed gritstone rubble, featuring gritstone dressings and quoins on the west side of Rose Cottage. The roofs are made of stone slate, with stone gable end stacks and a stone ridge stack on Rose Cottage. The west gable of Rose Cottage has a stone coped gable with a moulded kneeler. The buildings are two storeys high, with Plague Cottage being a single bay and Rose Cottage having three bays. Rose Cottage features a flush doorcase with a panelled door, and to the east, there is a horizontal sliding sash window in a flush surround, which was formerly a mullioned window. There are two similar windows to the west of the door and three similar windows above. Plague Cottage has similar windows above and below, along with a flush doorcase and a 20th-century door to the east. The cottages have a historical association with the Eyam plague of 1666.