Stanwell House And Rose Cottage

Stanwell House and Rose Cottage is a house that has been converted into two dwellings. It likely dates from the early to mid 16th century, with a floor and stack added, and was reroofed and extended in the 17th century. The building has been cased, altered, and extended in the 20th century. It features a timber frame that is plastered, with some sections cased in Fletton brick, and has a steeply pitched pantiled roof. Originally, it was probably four bays, consisting of a small open hall with storeyed end bays, and a parlour bay added to the left.

The house is two storeys high and has a broad front with four windows. The right half is brick cased and includes a half-glazed door in the original cross passage position, along with 20th-century three-light casements. The left half is plastered and features a central 20th-century gabled porch leading into the original solar bay, with 20th-century casements and restored four-light diamond mullioned windows on the first floor of the added parlour bay.

Inside, there is an inserted internal ridge stack with a rebuilt cap in the upper bay of the original hall, which is now roughly central, and an inserted internal left end stack. At the rear right, there is a pantiled lean-to with a truncated stack, and at the rear left, a full-height 20th-century gabled wing. The interior frame is largely concealed and partially altered where exposed, featuring two, three, and four-light diamond mullioned window openings. In the upper bay of the hall, there is a stop-chamfered cross axial binding beam, arched braces to cambered, chamfered tie beams, and a first-floor broach stopped axial binding beam. The roof has been renewed with collars, side purlins, and a crown post mortice in the former open truss tie beam.