Rose Cottage

Rose Cottage is a single-storey, three-unit cottage dating back several centuries. It is of group value, representing significant historical and architectural interest. The cottage is timber framed, primarily using box framing with square panels filled with wattle and daub on a high rubble stone plinth, with one cruck truss incorporated. The thatched roof has a small red brick ridge stack.

The front of the cottage has two tiers of framing on a timber sill. The right-hand bay is slightly set back and has a lower ridge height. An entrance with boarded split doors is located to the right of the centre, accessed by three stone steps with upright wooden railings. To the left of the entrance are two irregular two-light wooden casements, renewed around the year 2000; to the right is a slightly bowed, fixed window with 20 panes. The west gable end has a cruck-truss with a tie beam and collar visible on its external face. The stone plinth has been heightened and widened, and there are plain 20th-century barge boards. The East gable end is box-framed with a tie-beam truss supporting slightly curved rafters and struts.

The rear of the cottage, partially visible, features a single wooden light to the right of a wing and two small two-light casements to the left of the wing, matching the style of the front. The left bay is slightly set back and has a higher plinth. A rear wing, dating to the early 2000s, is rendered on a brick plinth and has a thatched roof with small two-light wooden casements.

The lobby entrance opens into a hall with timber-framed side walls and partitions, retaining some original wattle and daub panels. The open roof retains its purlins and has smoke-blackened timbers. A well-preserved dais partition to the left of the hall retains two original narrow doorways leading to the two inner rooms; the doorway to the left has an arched head, now filled with panelling, while the doorway to the right remains open. The floor is slate. A timber-framed fireplace faces west into the former hall and is box framed with battered sides, some of the original wattle and daub infill exposed. The fireplace has a cambered timber lintel with run-out stops, containing a large cast iron stove flanked by small boarded cupboards, with settles in front. A cruck-truss between the hall and outer room was truncated when the fireplace was inserted, with a tie-beam truss to the upper level. The outer room is constructed with small-scantling timber framing.