Rolphy House

Rolphy House is a late 15th-century service cross wing of a hall house, altered in the 19th century and subsequently divided into two properties, with further alterations in the 20th century. The building is timber frame construction, rendered and pebbledashed, with a machine tile roof.

The south front is two storeys and a dormer attic, with a four-window range. A brick plinth is visible. The windows are 2- and 3-light Crittall windows arranged to serve the two separate properties. A glazed 20th-century door is located to the right of the elevation. The roof is half-hipped, topped by a central ridge stack, and has a gabled dormer to the west containing a 3-light Crittall window.

The north elevation features a central gabled two-storey extension added in the early 1990s. This north face has a 20th-century door and a single 3-light Crittall window above. Crittall windows are also present on the returns. The main wall is jettied at first floor; to the east of the extension is a 3-light 20th-century casement window at ground floor, and a 3-light Crittall window above. To the west is a 2-light Crittall window to the first floor.

The west return includes a single-storey lean-to extension, likely from the 19th century, with top-hung 20th-century windows to the north and south sides, and a doorway to the west return. The east return has a 20th-century two-storey extension with late 20th-century window openings.

The interior timber frame shows jowled principal studs, wall plates, and sole plates, along with chamfered spine beams featuring tongue stops, and a queen-post roof. There are plain ceiling joists. The north extension contains a late 20th-century staircase. A north passage has been inserted at first floor, requiring the removal of secondary studs from the north wall for staircase access. On the ground floor, two principal rooms flank an inserted 19th-century chimney stack; the east room shows signs of a former staircase in its ceiling. A passageway has been inserted on the north side of the first floor, and the main west room retains a cambered tie beam. An attic staircase is at the west end. The roof is constructed of three queen-post bays, with each truss featuring two plain square queen posts on tie beams rising to collars, and a tier of clasped purlins. There are plain secondary rafters and undiminished principals.

The building is included for its high-quality 15th-century timber framing.