37, Rose Street

37 Rose Street is a Grade II* listed Wealden hall house and byre, now functioning as a house. It dates from the mid-15th century and was refurbished in 1958. The building features a timber frame with brick infill and part brick construction, topped with an old tile roof. It has an L-plan layout with three framed bays, the former hall located in the center, which jetties out over the road front. At the rear, there is a former byre consisting of two framed bays. The house stands two storeys tall and has a large, tall raked chimney at the back.

The road-facing side showcases exposed timber framing on the first floor, supported by large curved brackets that hold up the jetty beam from the ground floor posts. The central section of the former recessed hall is underbuilt in brick, with a moulded bressumer beam on either side, continuing onto the adjoining No. 35, which is listed separately. The left side features part close studding. The 20th-century leaded casements include three, four, and five-light windows on the first floor, all set behind diamond mullions. To the right of the planked entrance door, which has a small glazed section in the center and is approached by two steps, there is a small leaded oriel window.

Inside, the building reveals a fine-quality exposed frame. The heavy plain joists and principal beams are adorned with chamfers and stepped stops. Light joists have been inserted in the floor above the former hall, and a moulded bressumer beam is returned on the west side. Shutter grooves are visible on the windows on the north front, both on the ground and first floors. The complete frame is exposed on the first floor, featuring a former louvred smoke outlet, now roofed over, located in the apex of the east hall bay. The roof structure includes an exposed redundant crown post roof with clasped purlins, large curved knee and wind braces, and reducing principal rafters. The broad rafters have holes in their feet, facing west.