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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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)