Rowse Farmhouse

Rowse Farmhouse is a farmhouse likely dating from the late 17th to early 18th century, with later additions and alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of painted stone rubble, with a rag slate roof, bitumenised with ridge tiles, some of which are handmade. A front lateral chimney stack with a brick shaft is located to the right, and a rear lateral stack is on the left.

The original house has an L-shaped layout. It likely began as a two-room plan with the room to the left heated by a rear lateral stack. Later in the 18th century, a wing was added to the right, which became the new front, although the house has since returned to its original orientation. The right side of the house contains a two-room plan with a central entrance to a passage. A single-storey lean-to with a loft was added to the original left end, and two single-storey outshuts were added to the rear of the original range, situated at the angle with the 18th-century addition.

The front of the original house is asymmetrical with two windows on the first floor. A 20th-century porch is on the left, and above it is a two-light, six-pane casement window with L hinges. A straight joint marks where the lean-to attaches, with a 20th-century window on its first floor. To the right of the porch is a three-light, eight-pane casement window with L hinges, and above it a three-light, ten-pane casement window with L hinges. At the right end is a single-storey 20th-century addition with a brick stack at the original gable end. The roof is hipped to the right and gabled to the left. The right side of the building forms the 18th-century front; it is symmetrical with two windows on each floor. The first floor has two two-light, six-pane casement windows with L hinges. A central, shallow, open-fronted porch with a hipped slate roof, a panelled and glazed door, a dripstone, and two two-light, six-pane casement windows with L hinges are present. The rear of this range is rendered. The rear of the original range features a large external stack with slate weathering and a brick shaft, a rear outshut with a two-light window, and a second single-storey outshut with a three-light, six-pane casement window. Both outshuts have scantle slate roofs.

The interior of the farmhouse was not inspected.