Rose Cottage St. Giles on the Heath, England

Listed Building Data

Rose Cottage has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1333041
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
9 January 1986
Name
ROSE COTTAGE
Location
ROSE COTTAGE
Parish
St. Giles on the Heath
District
Torridge
County
Devon
Grid Reference
SX 36079 90092
Easting
236079.0000
Northing
90092.0000

Description

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.

Listed Building Description

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SX 39 SE ST GILES ON THE HEATH GRIDLEY CORNER

5/41 Rose Cottage -

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