Rolls Farmhouse

Rolls Farmhouse is a house largely of the 17th century, incorporating a 15th-century crosswing, and altered in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. It is timber-framed, with roughcast rendering and a roof of handmade red clay tiles. The main block is a two-bay hall aligned north-south with a west-facing aspect and an internal chimney stack dating to the early 17th century. A 15th-century crosswing is located at the south end, originally jettied to the front, but now underbuilt. To the north is a three-bay crosswing of the 17th century, with a central chimney stack. A single-bay extension, also of the 17th century and with an external chimney stack, projects beyond the south crosswing. A long, single-storey, lean-to extension of the 20th century is located on the rear wall. The house is two storeys high with an attic.

The west elevation has, on the ground floor, two early 19th-century double-hung sash windows (one of twelve lights, one of nine lights), a 20th-century French window, and a bay of double-hung sash windows, also of the 20th century. A 20th-century canopy extends along the front. The first floor has one double-hung sash window of twenty lights and three of fifteen lights, dating to the early 19th century. The chimney stack in the north crosswing features six grouped octagonal shafts, the axial stack has four grouped diagonal shafts, and the south stack is plain; all are cement-rendered. Some timber framing is exposed internally, and there are jowled posts throughout.

In the south crosswing, the joists are of horizontal section, unchamfered, and show pressure marks from the original jetty. The roof has arch braces to the central tiebeam and a crownpost roof. The central crownpost is plain with one arch brace to a collar purlin, with another missing; there are no side braces. Evidence of twin doors on the north side suggests it was originally the service crosswing of a medieval hall, which has since been replaced by the two-storey hall range with a chimney stack at the junction against the front wall. Straight bracing is trenched inside the studs. The original roof was of queen strut construction, later rebuilt. The north frame lacks studs, indicating a north crosswing existed when the north-south range was built, although the present north crosswing is not contemporary. It has plain chamfered beams with lamb's tongue stops and a butt-purlin roof. The south extension has a clasped purlin roof.

In the 18th century, a timber parapet with wooden guttering was added to the front. One length survives, consisting of three boards nailed together to form a trough, likely originally lined with lead. Later, the front pitch of the roof was raised, using the top of the parapet as the new eaves level; this makes the front pitch less steep than the rear pitch. An early 17th-century stair is located in the north part of the house; the first-floor flight is original, while the ground-floor flight is a 20th-century reproduction. This stair has a wide moulded handrail, closed string, square post with a squared knob, one heavy turned baluster to each tread, and flat balusters at the attic floor. The rear elevation has four 17th/18th-century casement windows with hardwood frames and leaded glass; two have original wrought iron casements on pintle hinges, while two have replacement wooden casements.