Rhossilli (Caerleon)

This site was originally a 200 acre dairy farm that was occupied in the 1860s by Postmaster Richard Gill. The current home, potentially designed by Samuel Shenton was built for Gill to retire to. It is unknown who built this house, however local Ipswich Stonemason Mr E. Greenway (nephew of Francis Greenway) scratched his name and "1888" into the concrete base of one of the five fireplaces, accurately dating the building's completion. Gill sold the home in 1904 after the death of his second wife, Mary Ann Agnes Gill.

Rhossilli has been home to several prominent locals including William Summerville who was a Solicitor, Chief Magistrate, Mayor of Ipswich and Member for Stanley, who may have given it the previous name of Caerleon. Summerville died in 1919 and his large family moved away, taking the original building name, Caerleon, with them. The next owner was Henry G. Simpson, a solicitor and community leader, whose widow converted Rhossilli into flats. During their ownership of the home Henry Simpson and his wife, Kathleen, added the rear wing to the house, which they had named after Simpson's Grandfather's grazing property which had been established in the 1850s. By 1960 a Mrs. Rodwell had bought the property and changed it into a convalescent home. It was a Nursing home until the early 1990s and operated as a hostel until 2005. The house had fallen into serious disrepair before it was purchased by Ron and Liz Jumelet who restored it to a family residence.

After restoration Rhossilli has been featured in the Great Houses of Ipswich.