‘Rose Cottage’, 1 Mountain Road, Ballyminnish, Portaferry, Co Down, BT22 1PL

Rose Cottage is a formal, single-storey former steward's cottage dating from around 1827, situated just east of Mountain Road roughly half a mile north of Portaferry. The building was constructed to serve as the residence for the steward of the Nugent Estate and appears on the 1834 Ordnance Survey map. It is recorded in the 1838 valuation as the home of Richard Cringle (or Crangle).

The cottage is distinguished by its hipped roof with Bangor blue slates, lead flashing, and two render chimney stacks featuring plain corbelling and matching pots. The main building has a symmetrical front elevation facing west, with a shallow elliptical arch doorway at its centre containing a narrow panelled double door with three pane sidelights and a fanlight with wide intersecting tracery. On either side of the doorway are sash windows with Georgian panes (six over six) and stone cills.

The building plan forms an 'L' shape. The south elevation is dominated by a roughly semi-circular conservatory, with a sash window similar to those on the front elevation positioned to its right. A flat-roofed dormer with a modern three-pane timber window and fixed light side windows projects from the rear of the main building, with a small Velux window to its left. The gabled section of the 'L' contains a bedroom with a blank gable on the north elevation. A small lean-to bathroom extension to the north has Bangor blue slates and a centred Velux window.

Openings on the rear elevation are fitted with concrete cills and smooth cement surrounds. The roof of the horizontal stroke of the 'L' shape is gabled with Bangor blue slates and fireclay ridge tiles. Extruded aluminium ogee gutters and square downspouts serve the building.

The cottage underwent significant modern alterations during the late 1980s when the current owner acquired the property, adding a lean-to extension to the north, enlarging the rear return, and constructing the conservatory. Extensive outhouses stand to the rear. The garden to the north contains a well and possibly an original wrought iron gate.