Rose Cottage, 85 Aghanloo Road, Aghanloo, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 0HY

Large vernacular thatched cottage facing west at slight angle to Aghanloo Road. Four two pane sliding sash windows equally spaced to each side of centrally placed entrance door with open timber lattice work porch. Walls painted white with black base line, stone cills and window jambs also black. Thatch abuts gable. Projecting slate drip at change from gable to wall. Saw tooth brick on edge along junction of wall and thatch. Four chimneys on apex of roof two on gables two on either side of entrance. The roof timberwork is original. No opening on south gable. East elevation has two four pane sash windows near south end. A recent flat roof extension (1996) sits out four metres approximately from under the thatch and is about two thirds the length of the original building. It has PVC guttering, a felt roof and different sized casement windows detailed to resemble sashes when closed. The north elevation has one small four pane off centre sash at low level. The building has a triangular courtyard behind formed by white washed barn buildings with corrugated iron roofs. The courtyard is concreted. A lawn to the front of the house is 700mm approximately above the road, dropping down suddenly to the carriageway at its end. A path below the level of the lawn rises from the road to the front door. The thatch on the roof is both flax and wheat.