Ratcliffe House Ratcliffe House And Russets And Stable Wing Attached Russets

Ratcliffe House and Russets, along with the attached stable wing, is a pair of houses dating from the 16th century, with cladding and extensions added in the early 18th and early 19th centuries. The buildings are timber framed and tile hung, with the 18th-century wing featuring red and blue brick on the ground floor. They have a plain tiled roof and stand two storeys high, with an attic on a brick plinth. There is a slight jetty and projection at the upper left window bay, along with a moulded wooden eaves cornice that steps up to the right, leading to a half-hipped roof that also steps up to the right at the panelled stack. Each floor has four three-light wooden casements, and there is a panelled door to the centre right, topped with a flat hood supported by brackets. There are current entries on the left and right returns, with a gabled porch on the right. The right return features brickwork in English garden wall bond, with blue vitrified headers, which is also seen at the base of the rear wing, while the upper floor of the rear wing was rebuilt in the 19th century. The older, lower wing at the rear is weather boarded. Inside the 18th-century wing, there is an exposed late frame round-backed brick fireplace with slight coving and a brick-lined cellar. Projecting from the front left of the houses is the stable range, built in the early 19th century with red and blue chequered brick and a slate roof, which includes some corrugated iron. The lower part of the wall is an old garden wall incorporated into the stables, with the left return front buttressed, featuring carriage openings, a multi-paned window, and two wooden casements. The house has also served as a public house at some point in its history.