Rolle House

Rolle House is a school, later converted into a private house, dating from the 18th century. The building was originally founded as a charity school in 1718, as indicated by a tablet inscription, and was later adapted as a house in the 1920s. The main block is two storeys and an attic, with a seven-bay front and three bays in depth. A lower, one-and-a-half storey, two-bay addition is set back to the left, with a further wing extending behind. The front of the building has a low plinth, and contains a central six-panel door within a doorcase with carved brackets supporting an open pediment. Two two-light leaded casement windows flank the door, set within rubbed brick arches. Above, the first floor has matching windows, with a blank opening above the entrance doorway which displays a Phoenix fire insurance plaque. A coved timber cornice runs along the top of the facade. The roof is hipped and features four two-light leaded dormers. A large multiflued stack stands at the left end. On the right end of the building are two arched niches on either side of 20th-century French doors and an inscribed tablet above. The interior has been modified in the 20th century, though original doors and a fireplace survive.