Rosebery House

Rosebery House is an early 19th century shooting lodge with an enclosed courtyard plan. It is constructed of random rubble with polished dressings to the northwest elevation, and droved dressings elsewhere. Raised margins, long and short raised quoins to the northwest, and strip quoins to the remainder define the building.

The northwest elevation, the principal facade, is asymmetrical, with three bays stepped back to the right. It features two windows with relieving arches on the ground floor, topped by a central gableted bipartite window with a stugged gablehead that breaks the eaves of the central and right bays. A tripartite window is flanked to the right by a round arched doorway, both with long and short dressings. A tooled heraldic panel is surmounted by a keystone, and a glazed, panelled timber door with a semicircular fanlight completes the entrance.

The southwest elevation is also asymmetrical, featuring three bays, with later additions. Windows are present in the centre and left bays of the ground floor. A single-storey advanced bay is positioned on the right, with windows to the centre and left return, although the right return is obscured by later additions. A window is off-centre on the left of the first floor of the bay to the right, and timber and brick additions enclose the courtyard to the outer right.

The southeast elevation is asymmetrical, with five bays. Three canted bays are advanced on the right, with a glazed timber door to the centre of the ground floor. A flanking bay to the left is obscured by an adjoining conservatory. Regular fenestration is present in the remaining bays. A lean-to, 13-bay conservatory extends along the ground floor of the bays to the left, with a glazed two-leaf door to the penultimate bay on the right. A window is located in the penultimate bay on the left of the first floor, flanked to the left by a gableted bipartite window that breaks the eaves.

The northeast elevation is asymmetrical, with seven bays, featuring a tripartite window to the third bay from the right on the ground floor. A blank bay is advanced to the outer right, and a garden wall advances from the re-entrant angle of the bay to the outer right. The fenestration is regular on both the ground and first floors.

The courtyard elevations display irregular fenestration and doorways with droved dressings.

The building predominantly utilises 12-pane timber sash and case windows. The grey slate piended roof has lead ridges and coped stone skews to the gable on the southwest side. A combination of coped ridges, shouldered wallheads, and gablehead stacks, topped with circular cans, are present. Cast iron rainwater goods run along the roofline.

Inside, the interior is largely plain, with skirting boards, cornicing, and fireplaces. A timber panelled room is located in the west corner of the first floor. The staircase features cast iron balusters. The interior of the conservatory retains cast iron brackets supporting a boarded timber roof.

Boundary walls are constructed of random rubble with flat coping to the northeast and northwest walls, and semicircular coping elsewhere. The northwest wall is supported by buttresses on the interior, and includes a boarded timber door to the east of the house, and a gateway to the west. A boarded timber door leads to a chapel in the centre of the northeast wall. V-jointed rusticated gatepiers are at the centre of the southeast wall, flanked to the left by a tall section of flat-coped wall. A small, flat-roofed building is located at the inside angle of the northwest and southwest walls. Polished, coped gatepiers with ball finials stand to the northwest of the house, flanked by tooled rubble quadrant walls with semicircular coping.