Rose Farmhouse

Rose Farmhouse, now a house, dates to the 18th and early 19th centuries, with additions and alterations made in the mid-to-late 19th century and the 1980s. It is constructed of red brick in irregular Flemish bond, with a Welsh slate roof. The main, three-bay elevation facing the front range is of the early 19th century. A wing to the rear-right originates from the 18th century, with 19th-century brickwork and a 1980s rearward extension. A mid-to-late 19th-century rear range also exists. A c1900 conservatory, originally from Bognor Regis, West Sussex, was restored and added to the left side in the 1980s.

The front elevation is symmetrical. The central entrance has a six-panel door within a wooden architrave, with a replica of a fire insurance plaque above and a 1980s brick, trellised, and glazed, gabled porch. Sixteen-pane sash windows are present, with that above the door being smaller (and of 1980s manufacture). Ground floor windows have flat brick arches, exposed sash boxes, and wooden architraves. Stepped dentiled eaves are visible. External end stacks have rebuilt tops from the mid-to-late 19th century.

The rear elevation features Flemish-bond brickwork with blue headers and blue header-brick segmental arches to the openings on the two right-hand bays. Most windows are small-pane wooden casements. A pent porch protects a wide opening with a board door and a two-light wooden window on the left, with a three-light window to the right. On the first floor are a two-light window, an inserted six-pane window, and an inserted twelve-pane sash. Stepped dentiled eaves and a hipped roof are present.

The inner return of the 1980s wing incorporates a reused brick inscribed "EC 1774". The right return wing displays brickwork on the ground floor, likely from the late 18th century, with mid-to-late 19th-century brickwork above. It has an early 19th century tripartite segmental-arched window with a twelve-pane sash flanked by four-pane sashes, and a two-light, twenty-four-pane casement above. Stepped dentiled eaves and an end stack on the right are also present. A 1980s one-bay extension has an old board door. The left return of the rear range has a 1980s window and door, with two wood-lintelled, large, horned, sixteen-pane sashes above.

Inside, the 18th-century section includes a large brick fireplace with a timber bressumer and a bread oven. Original cupboard doors are located on either side of the fireplace. A spine-beam is visible, with run-out chamfer. The early 19th-century staircase, moved backwards from within the front range in the 1980s, has a columnar newel and stick balusters.