Rose Hill

Rose Hill is an 18th-century house with a mid-19th century facade, located on Pygon’s Hill Lane, Lydiate. The house is constructed of brick with a stucco and pebble-dash facade, and has a slate roof. It is two storeys high and has seven bays, with the first two bays set back, creating a symmetrical composition for the remaining five bays. The ground floor features channelled rustication, while a sill band and quoins accentuate the first floor. Canted bay windows with hipped slate roofs are present on the ground floor. The first-floor windows have shouldered and eared architraves, friezes, and cornices; the central window is distinguished by a consoled segmental pediment. The windows are sash windows, without glazing bars. A central porch provides access via a round-arched entrance, flanked by flat pilasters, a frieze, cornice, and a hipped roof. The first two bays incorporate a canopied entrance, and there are four gable-end stacks plus one stack within the roof pitch. The rear elevation reveals some windows with glazing bars. The house holds significance due to its connection with the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, who frequently visited to celebrate Mass in the private chapel. It was here that he penned the poem "Spring and Fall" and engaged in correspondence with the poet Robert Bridges.