Rose Hill

Rose Hill is a house dating from the mid-19th century, with significant extension and remodelling circa 1900. The construction is primarily brick, largely rendered, with an ashlar front extension. It has a Welsh slate roof and brick and rendered brick ridge stacks. The house is built on a courtyard plan.

The front extension has two storeys and a single-storey extension, built in ashlar. It features a six-window front with wooden mullion and transom windows to the left, arranged as a tripartite window to the right. A central two-leaved door is set within an arch in a doorcase with Tuscan columns, supporting a broken pediment. Other features include a plinth, cill band, and a battlemented parapet to a flat roof. A further window is present to the left return. The main range behind has gabled ends with a slightly recessed centre, and a four-window front with bay windows; the ends have canted bays, and the centre is round. A two-storey bay to the left has 20th-century windows below and cross-mullioned or transomed windows above with pediments. A similar bay to the right is positioned above the extension. Shaped bargeboards and pendants are also present. The sides of the house feature various mullion and transom windows, and sash windows with glazing bars. Similar windows are seen within the central courtyard.

The interior’s principal feature is the high-quality entrance and staircase hall in the circa 1900 extension, which is notable for its panelling, applied canvas frieze decorated with swags and Renaissance details, and a moulded ceiling. An elaborate fireplace includes a beaten copper hood and a back panel with art nouveau repousse decoration. All windows and doors feature fine and imaginative art nouveau stained glass, depicting rose trees, birds, flowers, and plants, incorporating clear glass into the designs. The hall leads through a triple-arcade to the staircase, which has an elaborately carved wooden balustrade, an art nouveau interpretation of a Carolean design. Further interior decoration includes carvings in wood or plaster, including elements within the chapel, and an elaborately carved mid-19th century marble fireplace in the drawing room. Additional stained glass is found in the heads of the two-bay windows above the entrance hall and in windows on the left side.