Description

SY 4889 BURTON BRADSTOCK CHURCH STREET

8/85 The Rookery
7-8-52
GV II

Detached House in grounds. Mid C17 and early C20 additions at both
ends and at rear. Rubble-stone walls, with a stone parapet and
gable-copings. 2 rubble-stone buttresses with ashlar set-offs.
Slate roofs, 4 rendered stacks at left hand gable, two on ridge,
widely spaced, and at right hand gable. 2 storeys. 5 windows,
mainly 3-light ovolo stone mullions with separate labels. Metal
casements with single lights in each. Left hand (North) end bay
is an early C20 gabled addition, in the original style, with 5-
light mullions to ground and first floors. Front doorway,
approximately at centre of the range, stone jambs with a depressed
arch in a square head. Separate label over. Plank door, with
strap hinges and 2 glass lights, c.C19. Rear range, at right
angles, C20, with a valley roof, similar fenestration. Doorway
into adjoining porch with pointed segmental head, a straight
chamfer and large impost-blocks. C20 2-leaf door. White stone
tablet over this, with an illegible inscription.
RCHM Dorset I, p 59 (2).

Listing NGR: SY4894389557

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26508786

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