Description

NZ 0813 ROKEBY A66
(South side, off)

14/127 - Rokeby House,
The Cottage,
and Gable End

II

3 houses. Various C18 dates except for Rokeby House; Rokeby House added
and all houses refenestrated in early C19. Squared stone with tooled-and-
margined lintels; Rokeby House has graduated stone slate roof, the other
houses C20 concrete tiles. 2 storeys, 7 bays. in all. 2-bay Rokeby House
at left is slightly taller than the others and has a 4-panel door with 4-pane
overlight; other doors renewed. 16-pane sash windows (except for one C20
bow). Old angle quoins visible in the front elevation evidence 4 stages of
addition to an early C18 2-bay original house. End and 4 ridge stacks.
12-pane Yorkshire sash on right return.

1½-storey rear wing to Rokeby House has 3 low fixed windows, heavily barred,
in chamfered surrounds.

Interior: Rokeby House was Greta Bridge police station in C19. In rear
wing 2 cells with original doors and vertical-sliding iron shutters.

Listing NGR: NZ0888013047

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26454403

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)