Rose Cottage, 27 Main Street, Davidson's Mains, Edinburgh

Rose Cottage, located at 27 Main Street in Davidson's Mains, Edinburgh, dates from around 1825 to 1830. This simple late Georgian cottage has a distinctive shape, positioned at an angle to the street. It is a single-storey building with a dormerless attic and a high, slated roof featuring straight skewed gables and end stacks. The front has a two-window layout with a central door, constructed from coursed rubble with pinnings and droved dressings, and flush margins. Plain pilasters are integrated with an eaves band course that frames a four-panelled door topped by a rectilinear fanlight.

The gables are made of split boulder rubble with ashlar stacks, each featuring a single off-centre attic window with original glazing. There is a right-hand door, which is now blocked, with steps at the west gable. At the back, there is a short piended wing, and the ground floor has been reglazed. A later front garden wall made of concrete includes piers with fluted friezes.