The Round House

The Round House is a lodge cottage from the late 18th century that was extended in the early 20th century. It features a timber frame with plastering and a thatched roof. The building is octagonal in shape, with a central chimney stack and consists of two rooms on each floor, originally built as two separate cottages that have since been combined. There is a southeast extension with a chimney stack at the end, along with minor lean-to extensions on the northeast and west sides. The structure is two storeys high, topped with a pyramidal stop roof that has been extended with a gable on the southeast side. All existing doors and windows date from the 20th century. On the upper floor of the northwest elevation, there is a blocked window designed to look like a four-petalled flower, with a diamond-shaped frame visible from the inside through the wallpaper. A similar diamond-shaped window can be seen in the southeast elevation, also visible through the wallpaper inside the extension. According to the tithe award of 1849, this building was occupied as two tenements and was located in the parish of Harlow. It is marked on the First Edition 1-inch Ordnance Survey map from around 1802. Originally, it served as a lodge cottage on the western approach to Hubbards Ball, although this access is now interrupted.