Rose Farmhouse

WEST WELLOW GAZING LANE SU 21 NE (north side) 5/71 Rose Farmhouse

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Farmhouse, now house. C18 and early C19, added to and altered mid-late C19 and 1980s. Red brick in irregular Flemish bond, Welsh slate roof. 2-storey 3-bay elevation to early-C19 front range; wing to rear right C18 in origin, with C19 brickwork and 1980s rearward extension; mid-late C19 rear range; c1900 conservatory restored and added to left side 1980s (brought from Bognor Regis, West Sussex). Entrance elevation: symmetrical. Central door of 6 flush panels in wooden architrave with 1980s copy of fire insurance plaque above, and 1980s brick, trellised, and glazed, gabled porch. 16-pane sash windows, that over door smaller (of 1980s), those on ground floor with flat brick arches, all with exposed sash boxes and wooden architraves. Stepped dentiled eaves. External end stacks, the tops rebuilt mid-late C19. Rear: 2 right-hand bays have Flemish-bond brickwork with blue headers and blue header-brick segmental arches to openings. Windows mostly small-pane wooden casements. On left, pent porch protects wide opening which has board door and 2-light window; 3-light window to right; on 1st floor a 2-light window, an inserted 6-pane window, and an inserted 12-pane sash; stepped dentilled eaves; hipped roof. Inner return of 1980s wing has a reused brick inscribed "EC 1774". Right return: wing: brick on ground floor possibly late C18, with mid-late C19 brick- work above; an early C19 tripartite segmental-arched window having 12-pane sash flanked by 4-pane sashes, with a 2-light, 24-pane, casement over; stepped dentilled eaves; end stack on right. 1980s 1-bay extension has an old board door. Left return: rear range has 1980s window and door with two wood-lintelled, large, horned, 16-pane sashes above. Interior: C18 part has large brick fire- place with timber bressumer and bread oven; old cupboard doors either side; spine-beam with run-out chamfer. Early C19 stair, moved backwards from within front range (1980s), has columnar newel and stick balusters.

Listing NGR: SU3057219827