TQ 65 SW PLAXTOL ROUGHWAY LANE 4/32 (south side) 1.8.52 Rats Castle II* Farmhouse. Possibly C14 much altered especially in C16, C19 and C20. Timber-framed. Random galletted rubble stone ground floor, underbuilt to conceal the jetty above. Tile-hung first floor Steep hipped plain tiled roof with gablets and small return gable over projecting 2-storey bay. Two gables behind and 2 dormers to west. Two storeys with attic and cellar in south-west corner. Three windows to north, very irregular, casements. Off-centre Tudor doorway with moulded arched brick surround, the imposts carved stone with sphinx-like masks. Initials S. C. (Stephen Chilman, owner) in gable, of Elizabethan date. Modern one-storey verandah to south with balcony over. Interior. Half of hall opened. Decorated beam at east and of hall C16 fireplace with wooden bressumer. Listing NGR: TQ6255553083