The assessment has confirmed that the Rose and Crown originated as a 16th or 17th century house. The surviving original roof timbers are important historic features; these comprise three jointed cruck trusses with curved blades (terminating in rose and leaf carvings), purlins, arched wind braces and remnants of timber partitions. Jointed cruck construction set within a solid wall is in-keeping with late medieval/ early post-medieval rural houses in Devon.