Rose In Vale Country Club

A small country house, dating to approximately the late 18th century, with elements from an earlier 18th-century or older range incorporated as a service wing. Extensions were added in the 20th century. The construction is primarily of elvan ashlar, with some stucco; the rear wing is of rubble and cob. The roof is covered with dry Delabole slate, featuring a wooden modillioned eaves cornice on the front and left side, and a stuccoed parapet over the front. Brick stacks are set into the rear walls of the front rooms.

The building has an irregular, overall L-shaped plan. The front features two reception rooms flanking a central entrance hall, which leads to a large stair hall located in the middle and to the left, both under hipped roofs. To the left of the left-hand room is a two-story canted bay, possibly an early 19th-century addition, which is set beneath a polygonal roof. A deep wing extends at right angles behind the right-hand side, and is thought to represent the original part of the house. 20th-century extensions have been added to the right of the front, and to the left and rear of the rear wing.

The south front is symmetrical, with four windows and a central round-headed doorway. The original or early 19th-century door is accompanied by a fanlight, and original wooden Doric porch with an entablature over the columns. The windows are 12-pane hornless sashes with much crown glass. Ground floor openings are spanned by flat arches. A 20th-century one-window front addition is on the right. Other old windows are present along the left-hand wall, including a stair window (left) with a fanlight head and some coloured glass, added around the late 19th century.

The interior of the original part of the house retains many original features, including an open-well staircase with a ramped handrail and stick balusters with moulded plinths. A 19th-century back staircase leads into the rear wing to a lower first-floor level. Other original features include moulded plaster ceilings, moulded chair rails, original or early 19th-century six-panel doors within original architraves with plinths, and a 19th-century marble chimney-piece in the left-hand room.