Rylestone House

Rylstone House, now two dwellings, was built in the late 17th century and has been altered since. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone with a composition tile roof. The long, three-unit building has a gable facing the road and a single-depth plan, with modern additions to the rear. It has two and three storeys under one roof, displaying six first-floor windows. The left half (number 68) features a modern porch and bay window under a pentice roof, a vertical-rectangular window on the left side, three similar windows on the first floor (now top-hung casements with glazing bars), and a small round-headed window with Y-tracery at the second floor, alongside two small two-light casements. A raised verge has ridged coping and kneelers. The left gable has an extruded chimney stack, breaking the coping in front of the ridge. Ground-floor level has a modern flat-roofed bay window, while the second floor to the rear of the stack reveals remains of a mullioned window with a hoodmould and a blocked attic window. The right-hand half (number 66) has a Tuscan porch in the centre, a modern canted bay to the right side, a vertical-rectangular top-hung casement with glazing bars to the left side, and two similar windows on the first floor. Three small, round-headed windows are vertically aligned at the junction of the two houses; the first and third have Y-tracery.

The interior of number 66 includes a chamfered spine-beam, a large segmental-arched brick fireplace beneath a timber pad which may have been a bressummer to an earlier, larger fireplace. There's also a Tudor-arched doorway with a chamfered surround in the former rear wall. The interior has not been inspected at number 68, but may contain features of interest. The attached building at the left end of the range (number 70) is not included in this listing.