Description

SU 73 NE KINGSLEY KINGSLEY

7/28 Rookery Farmhouse
16/12/82
GV II

House. C16, C17, and late C18. Brick and stone walls, with a tile roof. Late
medieval timber-framed building, with fireplace, upper floor and wing of the C17,
with recladding of the C18. 2 storeys, the front (east) of 1.3 above 1.1.
windows. The roof is hipped and higher at the west side, and it meets the lower
roof where the shafted stack emerges: the east end has a steep ½-hip. Walls of
Flemish bond, 1st floor band, (cemented) plinth. Casements : one small rectangular
bay at the west side. Gabled brick C19 porch. The south elevation has irregular
fenestration and brick walls of Flemish bond. At the rear, the 2 wings (inner
faces and north face of the north wing) have ironstone walls with brick quoins and
plinth: the north wing has a single-storeyed boarded outshot, the south has a 1st
floor extension (on posts) with tile-hanging. Casements, and plain doorways.
Inside, part of the original walls show heavy framing, with wattle panels finished
in plaster (with red paint). The massive chimney breast faces 2 directions, the
front door being a lobby entrance.

Listing NGR: SU7785537949

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26588836

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)