Description

TF 40 SE
15/20

ELM
MALTMAS DROVE
(East Side)
Rookery Farmhouse

II

House, mid C18. Red brick, Flemish bond on plinth. Steeply pitched roof of slate
with tumbled gable end parapets. End stacks and ridge stack to rear range. T-plan.
Cellars and two storeys and attics. Bands at eaves height and between storeys to both
front and rear ranges. Sills and cambered arches to five flush frame hung sashes with
glazing bars in open boxing. Three steps, segmental in plan, lead up to central
doorway with flat hood on moulded brackets. Later panelled door and rectangular
fanlight. The gable ends of the front range have smaller windows in gauged brick
arches. Rear range has, on the north side, three windows at first floor, including
one casement with leaded lights and two fixed upper lights.

Listing NGR: TF4654904597

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26616824

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)