Rock House Farm

Rock House Farm is a farmhouse with origins dating back to the late 15th century, and subsequently altered in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. A 19th-century wing and 20th-century alterations contribute to its current appearance. The farmhouse is constructed of rubble, with rendering on the front and sides, stone dressings, and pantiled roofs. Brick and rubble gable stacks are present. Originally a 3-room plan with a through passage, it now forms an L-shape, incorporating a rear wing.

The main block, situated to the right, is two and a half storeys high, featuring two steep gables that extend to roof ridge level. The steep gables are repeated at the rear. It has a 1:2 window arrangement; the front features a four-panelled door, a central 19th-century four-pane window with margin glazing, and a three-light casement to the right. On the first floor are two three-light casements, and the attic has two two-light casements within the gables, along with blocked windows above. All openings are accentuated by drip moulds. The lower two-storey wing to the left presents a two-light window to the ground floor left and a four-light ovolo mullioned casement to the right, and a three-light casement under the eaves. A single-storey dairy from the early 18th century is situated to the east, featuring a small external stack and a two-light window under a timber lintel.

The west side has ground, first, and attic windows to the right of the stack; the ground floor window is 20th century, while the first floor is 19th century, both featuring six panes and timber lintels with drip moulds. The rear elevation incorporates an east gable with a 20th-century six-pane window and a small square leaded light in a wooden frame above. The west gable has a two-light casement and a similar window above, with an iron stanchion but no leaded lights, both beneath timber lintels and drip moulds. Windows on the left bay of the rear match those on the front. A plank door within a moulded frame is located to the right of the rear wing, which is two storeys high. The rear of the lower wing displays two three-light casement windows, a panelled and glass door in a grooved frame to the right, and timber lintels above all openings, with the exception of a first-floor window under the eaves.

Inside, the east room contains a fireplace with a chamfered spine beam with run-out stops, carried on large blocks of freestone projecting from the jambs. It also has a built-in oven in the rear wall and an ash pit. Chamfered stopped beams are present along with an ovolo moulded axial beam in the entry. Doors to the east and west rooms are framed in bolection moulded door cases, each featuring a lozenge at the base. The staircase has irregular balusters, a plain newel, and a rail. The west room showcases an ovolo moulded beam with unusual bar stops. A panelled recess south of the fireplace is notable for its semi-circular shelf recess with a segmental head, from which ribs spring from a carved scallop shell. A cellar is located beneath the west room.