Rye Hill, Rye Hill House

House, later hospital, now college. Circa 1840. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate
roof. 3 storeys, 4 windows, and 2-storey narrow end bays. Wide balustraded steps
curve in to central glazed porch with double door and wide side lights in
Tuscan pilasters under frieze with paterae. Aproned inner ground-floor sashes
have round heads with archivolts and impost strings;architraves and bracketed hoods
to end sashes and to those of first floor; bracketed sills and architraves to
second floor sashes. Narrow sashes in end bays. Second-floor band; dentilled
cornice; end bays have cornices, blocking courses and pediments with side
consoles. Low-pitched hipped roof has rear ashlar chimney. First floor wrought
iron balcony. LISTED GRADE 2