Rodwell Head

This is a late 17th-century house that was extended in the mid-18th century, with a further bay added in the late 18th century. The house is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings, and has a modern tile roof. The original section is on the left-hand side and faces the road. This section has a coped gable with a kneeler and stack, and quoins. It features double-chamfered mullioned windows of two and four lights on the ground floor, with two later rectangular window openings above. The added bay has a double-chamfered mullioned window of three lights, with a matching window above. The later 18th-century block rises higher and has raised, rusticated quoins and an ashlar-faced gable with moulded copings, kneelers, and a stack. A Venetian window is located at the apex. The facade to the road has a symmetrical arrangement, with a tall stair window of six lights with transoms. Large windows, originally of four lights but now altered to two lights, are positioned either side of the stair window, and these project forwards; all have plain stone surrounds. A moulded eaves cornice runs along the top. The south-west gable shows a Venetian window with a raised impost and keystone, and a stack to the gable. The east front is faced in ashlar and has a classical facade, symmetrical in design with five bays; the central three bays project forwards under a triangular pediment. The central doorway has an architrave, segmental pediment, and consoles. Other bays have windows with plain stone surrounds and projecting sills, with altered glazing. The rear of the original 17th-century section retains double-chamfered mullioned windows of three and four lights, and two doorways with basket-arched lintels. Inside this section, a division wall is formed by large, shaped single stones designed to support beams. The main house retains two original fireplaces, one featuring a fine quality carved wooden surround.