Are you in the UK?

Personally, I'd leave it be until you have lived with it a year. At this time of year those roses you covet would just be bare twigs. Is that what you want to look at in the Winter? Your plant could be a Cistus, a Phlomis or a Salvia (Sage) but at the moment it's hard to tell. Does the foliage have a scent when rubbed? Can you show a picture of the stems from the side?

Yes I'm in the UK it has some sort of flower I've cut all mine back though but my neighbour has the same.

Phlomis fruticosa. Those are the empty seed heads.