Rolls Farmhouse

Rolls Farmhouse is a house that has been converted into two residences. It dates from the early 17th century and has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is timber framed and plastered, with a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. It features four bays facing northeast and has two axial stacks. There are rear wings at both ends, likely added in the 19th century, along with a single-storey lean-to extension in between, which is roofed with red clay 'Roman' tiles. The house stands two storeys tall with attics and has a three-window range of 20th-century sash windows. The entrance includes a half-glazed door with marginal lights set in a 20th-century gabled porch. The building showcases three feature gables and has three diagonal shafts on each stack from the 19th or 20th century. The right return wall is bricked at the ground floor only. Inside, the space is mainly plastered, with boxed-in beams. The first floor has chamfered axial beams with lamb's tongue stops, original floorboards, and a small section of original painted oak panelling, along with an original oak panelled cupboard door. The house to the right has not been examined internally. Historically, the farm, which encompasses 50 acres, was leased by Sir Thomas Mildmay from 1581 to 1617, after which the freehold was sold to a buyer from London, suggesting that the current house likely dates from that period.