The cottage is the dwelling of the gardener for Melton Hill House, an estate with famed views across the Humber. The cottage was built in 1780 and demolished in 1952.

I have asked many of the elder people in Melton Ross who have lived in the village for many years about this cottage.  So far I have found no one who has any recollections of this cottage.  No one can remember it or the actual site it stood on.