Description

GREAT HALE LEAS ROAD
TF 1443-1543
(west side)
11/45
Rookery Farmhouse
II

House. Early C19, altered mid C19. Red brick in Flemish bond,
ashlar plinth, concrete tiled roof with raised stone coped
gables, 2 gable stacks. Parallel ranges plan. 3 storey, 3 bay
front with plinth and dogtooth eaves course. Central 6 panelled
door with fanlight, wood panelled reveals, roll moulded wooden
doorcase with console brackets supporting a leaded triangular
hood. Flanked by single margin light sashes. To first floor are
3 similar windows, and to the second floor are smaller glazing
bar sashes. All windows have cambered rubbed brick arched heads.
To right side are pairs of margin light sashes to each floor and
a half glazed door with a bordered light, covered by a wooden
Gothick porch with periced quatrefoil spandrels and flat leaded
hood. Interior retains 6 panelled doors and dogleg stick
baluster stair with wreathed hardwood handrail.

Listing NGR: TF1516443167

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26315039

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover