Roos Farmhouse

Roos Farmhouse is a house dating primarily from the mid-16th century, with extensions added in the 18th century and wings constructed in the 19th century. The building is timber-framed and plastered, with brick detailing and peg-tiled roofs. The plan is approximately T-shaped, and the house has two storeys, attic space, and cellars.

The north-facing front elevation features a long main block with a slightly hip-roofed extension at the west end, decorated with 1900s fan-combed pargetted panels. A large, triple square-shafted brick stack is located at the junction of the main units, with a second stack towards the east end. The main block has a four-window range on the first floor, featuring three 3-light sash windows (each with six panes across and four down), and one fixed window with a 2x4-pane configuration. A porch and a bay window divide the front elevation into thirds. The porch, dating from approximately 1900, is brick built with projecting gable plate brackets and gable struts, and contains a contemporary four-panelled door. The bay window has a peg-tiled hipped roof and transomed sash windows with a 1:4:1 configuration, each light being a sash with 2x5 panes, with a central fixed window with 2x4 panes. At the east end, there’s a 3-light window matching those on the first floor, and two cellar lights. The west extension includes a long window with eight openings, styled as a ‘frieze’, along with a pantry window incorporating half gauze and a casement with early 19th-century lozenge-pattern glazing bars.

The rear south-facing elevation displays a similar layout, but with two mid-19th-century brick and flint cobble wings projecting southwards - a larger one on the west and a smaller one to the east. The larger wing has a ground-floor bay window with a hipped roof, transomed sash windows (1x8, 8x8, 1x8 panes) and a 3-light sash window on the first floor with a label. A large triple shaft stack rises through the west roof pitch, adorned with roll moulded cornices. The other house stacks have been rebuilt. The smaller wing features a central stair ‘cross’ window with sashes and 4x8 panes overall. Scattered 19th-century windows are present on the principal range. Two 19th-century doors are situated, one between the wings with upper glazing and another adjacent to the principal stack, featuring four flush panels. There's also a 19th-century casement window with lozenge glazing bars. The west extension has a rear slated lean-to with a catslide roof, complemented by two 3-light 20th-century casement windows, one metal. A small, mid-19th-century brick addition with a stack is around the southwest corner. The east end elevation shows the gable end of the main range and the sides of the flint wings. The lesser wing has a shallow 2-storey catslide roof lean-to, and a single upper window; the principal block has a 19th-century single 2x4-paned ground floor casement window. An attic 2-light window (4x4 panes) is also present. The west end elevation is timber-framed and pargetted, with a half-hip gabled end, projecting wall plates, and an attic 3-light window (6x4 panes). A 19th-century red brick addition is situated on the southwest corner, and it is cement-tiled with a ridge stack.

The interior of the central timber-framed block dates back to the 16th century and exhibits jowled posts and heavy cambered tie-beams. The roof is a side purlin construction with principal rafters exhibiting step-stopped chamfers. Floor joists have diminished haunched tenons. Trusses clasp the stack within a ‘chimney bay’. Evidence suggests the former presence of a wide arched entrance on the south side, west of the stack. Both the east and west ends were extended in the 19th century using timber framing. A complete mid-19th-century well stair is incorporated into the stair wing. Two interconnecting cellars contain brick walls and floors. An early 17th-century panelled door remains in situ.