Rye Mill House

Rye Mill House is a house dating from the 17th century, with extensions added in the late 18th century. It is constructed with a timber frame, and is weatherboarded and plastered on the front, with a facade of painted brick in a Flemish bond pattern. The roof is covered in handmade red plain tiles. The house has a double pile plan, facing northeast, with two internal stacks and an earlier range at the rear. It has two storeys and cellars. The front has two 18th-century sash windows of twelve lights, with crown glass, and flat arches of gauged brick on each floor. Above the door is an 18th-century sash window of twelve lights with a semi-circular head, set within a recess of a similar form. The central door is six-panelled, with a fanlight featuring cast iron tracery in a radial pattern incorporating garlands and husks. It is contained within a moulded doorcase with panelled jambs, a soffit, radially fluted spandrels and a pediment supported on moulded brackets with honeysuckle terminals. Five stone steps with railings, splayed at the ends with spearhead terminals, lead to the entrance. A dentilled cornice sits above a plain stone parapet, which rises to a hipped roof. Cellar windows are located on each side of the steps and are now blocked. The right return is weatherboarded. A large 19th-century bow window has been added to the left return; it is plastered. A millstream runs immediately to the right of the house. The mill formerly stood on the opposite side of the stream.