Round House Farmhouse

Round House Farmhouse is a timber-framed building, likely dating back to around 1500. Originally a hall house, it was enlarged to the southeast, possibly in 1688 by John Rogers. The structure stands on a stone plinth, with some replacement of the sill beam on the west side. The front is roughcast, while the right-hand return is tile-hung. The roof is steeply pitched, mainly of stone slate, with tiles lining the inner face of the rear wing and covering a 19th-century lean-to at the rear. A brick lateral stack, likely from the 19th century, is set into the left-hand return facing the front. The base of a large stone chimney, removed from the southeast wing, remains as ashlar within the right-hand return wall and incorporates a carved sundial near the eaves.

The original layout was probably a two-room hall house with a jettied solar end to the rear (north), although much of the internal evidence of a possible inserted stack is absent, and the roof timbers may have been replaced in the 17th century. An additional room to the southeast, featuring a large timber bressumer fireplace with stone cheeks and a partially remaining newel stair, was added in the 17th century, forming an L-shape with a 19th-century lean-to in the angle.

The farmhouse has two storeys and an attic. The front elevation is roughcast and includes a decorative tile "string course." A stone sundial sits centrally above a 19th-century gabled porch with decorative barge boards. There are two 3-light wood casements on each floor, likely dating from the 18th century, and a steep 19th-century gabled dormer on the right. The left-hand return shows rendered infill to the close studding, with downward curving braces. A rear first-floor jetty beam and brackets were replaced with concrete in the 1950s. Internally, the farmhouse retains chamfered spine beams with run-out stops on both floors.