Rodsley House

House. Built in the late 17th century, with an 18th-century addition and subsequent alterations. The house is constructed of box timber framing with brick nogging, and red brick with stone dressings. It has plain tile roofs and brick gable stacks, including an external stack on the south side. The building has four bays; the two southern bays date to the 17th century and are timber framed, while the two northern bays are red brick and were added in the late 18th century. Both sections are two storeys, but the 17th-century wing is significantly lower in height. The later 18th-century wing features a rendered plinth, painted stone sill bands to the ground and first floors, a vernacular modillioned cornice, and stone-coped gables. The doorway is framed with moulded details, including a fluted and roundelled entablature. It has a raised and fielded panelled door and a divided overlight. A sash window with glazing bars, under a wedge lintel with incised voussoirs and a double keystone, is located to the north, with two similar windows above. The 17th-century wing to the south has two 19th-century casement windows on the ground floor. The eaves of this wing have been raised and two casements inserted above. The interior of the 17th-century wing features a large inglenook fireplace with a chamfered bressumer, original wattle and daub infill panels to a partition, and large oak floorboards, with later boards laid on top. The interior of the 18th-century wing contains several notable features, including 18th-century Adam-style fireplaces to ground and first floor rooms. The ground floor fireplace is flanked by ogee-headed panelled cupboards decorated with swags. There is also an 18th-century stick baluster staircase with a moulded mahogany handrail, fine acanthus leaf moulded cornices to the rooms, and a stone flagged hall.