Description

POLEBARN ROAD
1.
54ll
(North East Side)
Rosefield and Homefield
with gatepiers, gate
standards and gate.
(formerly listed as
Rosefield House)
ST 8557 7/41
ST 8657 12/41 29,12.50.
II* GV

2.
Late C18/early C19 pair of houses, 3 storeys to road. Bath stone on projecting
plinth, rusticated ground flow treatment, Plain string at 1st floor cill level,
carved string, diaper pattern at 2nd floor cill level. Plain frieze, moulded cornice
and parapet with balustraded panels over windows. The front divided into 4 bays
by slightly projecting pilasters, whole height, with raised key pattern. Glazing
bar sash windows. 4 ranges of windows, in diminishing sizes, 3 on ground floor
in slight recesses with segmental heads. Entry to Rosefield House, 2nd bay from
left; half glazed door with reeded lower panels and rectangular fanlight with cured
and radiating pattern. Stone porch with 2 pairs of slender piers, incised key
pattern, supporting panelled architrave, carved with key fret and diamonds over
piers and small balustrade with angle blocks enriched with fan motifs. Small arched
heads to side openings and 3 centred arch supported on small offsets to piers over
central entrance. The design is reminiscent of Sir John Soane's work. Entry to
Homefield House now in large 3 storey 1950s extension of 1+6 windows in sympathetic
style. 2 storey bow on south east return of main house. A bow also on north west
end which has small cast iron flower guards. 2 pairs of cast iron panelled gate
standards of diagonal pattern with urn finials to road. Small wrought iron gate
to Homefield House. I remaining rusticated stone pier with key pattern at base
of capping.

Rosefield Cottage and wall, Rosefield and Homefield with gatepiers and gates, wall
between Rosefield and Police Station form a group with Nos 1 to 15 (consec) +th+os+l++o+f+ +8nfflse+c+ --

Listing NGR: ST8600757909

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533859

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Recommended Books

• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings