Description

ASHOVER
SK3463 HILL ROAD
1264-0/11/54 (East side)
Rose Cottage
GV II
House. C18 with mid-to-late C19 alterations. Squared coursed
sandstone with ashlar dressings, and slate roof with gable
chimneys. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys plus attics. South
facade of 3 bays, with 2 single-storey bay windows with slated
roofs, each with 2 sashed windows without glazing bars facing
forwards. The first floor windows above are sashes without
glazing bars in plain stone surrounds. The central bay has a
small C18 window surround of a single light with elliptical
head and with an architrave with edge-roll moulding. The
central single-storey porch is of sandstone ashlar, of
rectangular plan with a coved cornice and with a blocking
course with ball finials. Attached at the left is a
single-storey outbuilding with a stone slate roof. It partly
covers the east gable wall of the house, which has windows
with stone surrounds and flat-faced mullions - of 3 lights on
the ground floor, 2 large lights to the first floor, and 2
lights to the attic. To the right on the ground floor, close
to the junction with the outhouse, is a door of 6 flush panels
in a plain surround with a flat sandstone slab forming a
canopy above.
INTERIOR: not fully inspected. The house was in a derelict
condition, with its timber floors mostly collapsed, at time of
survey (March 1992).

Listing NGR: SK3498863698

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26513141

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  For the Record
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy