Rose Hill House

Rose Hill House is a house dating from approximately 1830 to 1840, with a later 19th century addition. The building has stucco walls and a shallow-pitched slate roof with gabled bays on each side, featuring wide overhanging eaves and exposed rafter ends. There are three rendered brick stacks: one at the left-hand gable end, one lateral to the front of the right-hand side, and one lateral at the rear of the right-hand side. The house has a double-depth plan, with a central entrance hall leading to a large stairwell at the rear on the left-hand side. There are two large heated rooms to the right-hand side, facing the garden and a view, with the rear one possibly being a kitchen, and a smaller heated room to the left at the front. A slightly later 19th century addition is located at the left-hand end, providing a service range.

The house is two storeys with an attic. The front facade is asymmetrical, with three bays and two windows, and a central gabled bay that slightly projects, forming an entrance porch. The original 12-pane hornless sash windows are on the left of the porch. The porch features a segmental arched opening with a projecting keystone, above which is a contemporary roundheaded sash window. The original 6-panelled door is divided from narrow side panels by a reeded architrave, and is topped with a rectangular fanlight. A wide band runs below the first-floor windows, encircling the house.

The garden front on the right-hand side is symmetrical and has a wide, slightly projecting pedimental gable in the centre, supporting three original 12-pane sash windows on the first floor. These windows have Venetian shutters and decorative hoods above, likely also original, and a contemporary Diocletian window on the second floor. The two ground-floor windows on the left and right are roundheaded within blind architraves, also with shutters, and feature a lower blocked opening centrally. The rear facade mirrors the entrance front without the porch.

A lower, slightly later 19th century addition extends from the left-hand end of the house. Adjacent to this addition is a high rubble courtyard wall with a carriage opening at the left-hand end, which has a dressed stone segmental arch.

The original open-well staircase remains, featuring stick balusters and a curtail step, rising for two storeys with balustraded landings on each floor. Original panelled shutters survive in the principal rooms. The doors are possibly original, although currently faced with chipwood. This is a good-quality example of its period, preserving its original staircase and internal plan, with a very unaltered exterior. Due to its prominent, elevated site, the house is visible from various parts of the town.