The Rodd

SO 36 SW RODD, NASH AND RODD LITTLE BRAMPTON CP

4/29 The Rodd

19.8.53 GV II*

Country house. Dated 1629, restored 1913 and extended 1953. English bond red brick and sandstone rubble; stone slate roofs. L-plan with main wing aligned south-east/north-west and second wing adjoining at north-west end and extending to north-east; 1953 extension connected former stable block to north-west end; central projecting porch to main wing; large axial stack to main wing with further lateral stack to rear and stack to south-east gable end; north-west lateral stack to wing. Two storeys with cellars and attics. North-east front: continuous string course between ground and first floor at lintel level; central porch of two storeys and attic with 3-light mullioned and transomed window with leaded casements, lintel decorated with two rows of dentils. Similar 4- light window to first floor with similar detailing to lintel and square headed label; semi-circular headed archway with stone dressings. Inner square headed doorway with moulded frame and inscribed with date 1629, studded panelled door. The porch is flanked by gabled dormers with 3- light leaded casements to the attic; one 5-light mullioned and transomed window with leaded casements to the left and a 4-light C20 leaded casement window to the right. Five-light mullioned and transomed windows flank the porch to the ground floor, second C20 inserted doorway with semi-circular arched head to left with part-glazed panelled door. The south-east return of the wing to the left has one similar gabled dormer window to the left of a gable with a 3-light casement window, one 4-light and one 3-light mullioned and transomed window to the first floor and a 3-light C20 window and a 5-light mullioned and transomed window to the ground floor. The chimney stacks have groups of restored diagonal plan shafts. The interior has remained largely intact retaining many panelled partitions, fireplaces, doorheads and doors. There is an elaborate carved wooden overmantel in the north-east room of three bays framed by pairs of Ionic pilasters and sub-divided by panelled pilasters with an enriched frieze below the shelf; the central section contains a cartouche of arms and is flanked by arcading in the outer bays. The room directly above also contains an elaborate mantel piece of two arcaded bays with figures of Adam and Eve. This room also has a plastered ceiling with geometric panels and fleur de lys motifs and the walls have plastered entablature with decorative paired wyverns. The framed newel staircase to the rear of the hall has shaped splat balusters, square newels and ball finials. The house is a fine example of its date and importantly retaining most of its original fittings without alteration. (RCHM, Vol III, p 175; Burke's and Savile's Guide to Country Houses, 1980, p 53).

Listing NGR: SO3222762607