Listed Building: ROSE FARMHOUSE (277515)

TM 23 NW SHOTLEY THE STREET 3/63 Rose Farmhouse - II House. Early and late C16. Timber framed and plastered red plain tiled roof. Off-centre right red brick chimneystack. 2 storeys and attics. C19 single storey extension to left with red tiled roof. 3:4 C20 vari-light casements with transoms, the windows to right with sidelights. Attic window to right return. C18 moulded doorway in line with chimneystack, pediment with egg and dart ornament, 6-panel door, the top 4 panels with raised moulded panels, the bottom 2 flush. The original house appears to have had an end chimney plan extended later in C16 by a bay to right. Heavy moulded ceiling to central room, ogee mould to bridging joist, hollow chamfers to common joists, run-out stops. Back to back inglenook fireplace, simple mantel beam to right extension. Fine cambered beam to original room with multiple roll-moulding to base and trefoiled arcade over. The centre of this beam has been cut away but is now restored. Chambered brick 4-centre arched surround to first floor. C18 reeded surround with corner patera and shelf to other bedroom. Jowled storey posts. Some original diamond mullions to first floor. Tie-beam originally arch braced, one brace now cut away. Stepped side purlin roof, pegged at ridge, large cambered collars. The ground and first floor rooms to right of the chimney- stack have fine plaster ceilings with moulded panels and cornices, fleur-de-lys, Tudor roses and bosses. Nailed and edge moulded vertically boarded door. Listing NGR: TM2364035100