The Rose Revived

The Rose Revived is a public house, originally a farmhouse, likely dating from the early 16th century, with significant alterations in the late 16th/early 17th centuries, and subsequent modernisations in the mid-19th century and the 20th century. The main block is stuccoed, likely over an early timber frame, while the rear block is clad with peg tiles above the first floor. The roof is tiled and features a brick stack and chimney-shaft.

The building follows a T-plan. The main block runs parallel to the lane and faces northeast. A central axial stack serves back-to-back fireplaces between the left (southeastern) room and the central room. The right-end room projects slightly to both the front and rear. Originally, this room did not project at ground floor level, but the first floor was jettied on three sides. While some of the original layout is obscured, it appears the jettied section dates back to the early 16th century, with the remainder of the main block rebuilt or extensively refurbished in the late 16th/early 17th century. During this period, the stack was inserted, the former hall (central room) was converted into a kitchen, and the former inner room was converted into a parlour. The left end was refurbished in the 19th century, and in the 20th century, the back wall of that end was removed to enlarge the room into a rear outshot. A rear wing projects at right angles directly behind the centre room; its date is currently uncertain.

The exterior features a regular 2:1-window arrangement with 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars. First-floor windows in the main block are flat-roofed half dormers. The front is stuccoed with quoins, moulded architraves over the windows, and a 6-panel door set within a moulded stucco frame. The door is topped by a shallow flat hood with a moulded entablature and ornate console brackets. The roof is hipped at both ends, and the roof of the right-end bay is also hipped.

Internally, evidence of the original timber frame remains. The right-end room’s ceiling features heavy scantling joists with dragon beams and evidence of the original jetties. The central hall/kitchen has a large brick fireplace with a chamfered oak lintel, and a plain chamfered axial beam. The parlour fireplace is blocked, and the ceiling joists are replacements. An early roof with queen posts is reported to survive. The building’s earliest documentary reference dates from 1511, with later documents mentioning a dairy at the lower (right) end. It has operated as an ale house since at least the late 18th century.