Rough House, Also Called Ruffehouse, with Flanking Walls Sawley, England
Listed Building Data
Rough House, Also Called Ruffehouse, with Flanking Walls has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1251463
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 6 March 1967
- Name
- ROUGH HOUSE, ALSO CALLED RUFFEHOUSE, WITH FLANKING WALLS
- Location
- ROUGH HOUSE, ALSO CALLED RUFFEHOUSE, WITH FLANKING WALLS, FOUNTAINS ROAD
- Parish
- Sawley
- District
- Harrogate
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Grid Reference
- SE 26641 67971
- Easting
- 426641.0000
- Northing
- 467971.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
SAWLEY FOUNTAINS ROAD SE 26 NE (north side, off)
5/129 Rough House, also called Ruffe House, with 6.3.67 flanking walls
- II
Folly, now house. Late C18, probably for William Aislabie of Studley Royal, C20 conversion. Mortared rubble, C20 pantile roof. South-west facade: C20 central door and flanking windows fill 3 large Gothick-arched openings, possibly an imitation arcade. Flanking walls with arches set back to left and right. House: the central arch has a crudely cut bearded face on the keystone. Raised crow-stepped verges, two C20 dormer windows, end stacks. Rear: central door, small circular windows. Left and right returns: projecting stones, blocked arched and circular openings and stepped gables give a ruined appearance when viewed from a distance. Although it appears to face south-west the building was probably erected as a viewpoint over Studley Royal and Fountains. The style is similar to other structures on that estate, eg Rough Bridge (Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains, qv) and Duck House (Studley Roger, qv). The name 'Rough' may describe the C18 Gothick use of crudely-dressed stone which contrasted with the smooth finish of classical buildings.
Listing NGR: SE2664167971
