Rose Hill And Attached Boundary Walls

Rose Hill is a house dating from the mid-17th century, with substantial remodelling in 1719 and 19th-century additions. It is constructed of coursed coal measures sandstone, with quoins, coped gables featuring moulded kneelers, ashlar gable and ridge stacks, and a stone slated roof. The house has an asymmetrical plan, comprising of a three-bay central range, two contemporary gabled wings to the rear, a 19th-century infill section between them, and an addition to the western rear range.

The south elevation is three storeys high with four bays, the formerly three-gabled front having been remodelled to create a parapet linking the outer gables. It features chamfered mullioned windows to the outer gables and above the central doorway, set beneath continuous stringcourses with label stops, although many mullions have been removed and replaced with 20th-century casements. Ground floor openings were originally five-lights, the first and second floor openings four-lights, with the stringcourse stepping up above the window heads. The outer gables retain 17th-century single-light openings to the gable apex, beneath a dripmould. The added parapet includes shallow pilasters adjoining the gables, and an open central section featuring turned balusters and moulded copings. Between the centre bay and the eastern end gable are single-light 17th-century windows at ground and first floor level. A door is set in an off-centre position, with a quoined surround, substantial lintel, and semi-circular pediment. East and west gables, as well as the gable to the east rear range, feature 2 and 3-light chamfered mullioned windows beneath dripmoulds. The addition to the west rear range has 2-light flush mullioned windows.

The interior includes a full-height splat baluster staircase and some moulded plasterwork to principal ground floor rooms. Two rooms are panelled, and some doors are original 17th-century panelled doors.

Attached boundary walls are constructed of coursed rubble sandstone with plain stone copings, stepping downwards as the land falls away to the south. The walls incorporate tall ashlar gatepiers, square in plan with moulded cornices and ball finials. Sale papers from 1725 described the house as “newly erected”.