Description

SX 39 SE ST GILES ON THE HEATH GRIDLEY CORNER

5/41 Rose Cottage
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GV II

Cottage. Core probably C18, C20 addition and thorough renovations in progress at
time of survey (1985). Whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings with a
thatched roof gabled at the left end, left end stack, rear wing C20 in concrete block
with thatched roof.
One of a pair of cottages said formerly to have been 3 properties, the original plan
may have been a single-cell cottage to the left, the right-hand end may have been one
half of a 2-cell cottage. The present plan is single depth with a rear wing, prior
to the 1985 renovations the main range consisted of a living room/kitchen at the left
end and a smaller unheated room to the right, the internal partition between the
rooms has been removed.
2 storeys. Approximately symmetrical 2-window front with a C20 thatched porch in the
centre. Ground floor window left is a C20 casement; right, a 6-light fixed window,
probably C19. 1 first floor window above the porch is a 3-light casement, 6 panes
per light, probably C19.
Interior The ground floor has large rough cross beams and an open fireplace with
stone rubble jambs, an unmoulded lintel and a cloam oven with a clay lid. The stairs
were formerly in a rear outshut which no longer exists and C20 stairs have been
inserted in the main range. A blocked doorway on the right-hand wall formerly led
into the adjacent property.
The cottage is on a prominent corner site in the village and has group value with the
adjacent cottage and Nos 1 and 2 Gridley Corner (qv).

Listing NGR: SX3607990092

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26617818

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