Description

CRESSING THE STREET
TL 72 SE (west side)

1/64 Ancillary building 3
metres north-west of
Rook Hall Farmhouse

GV II

Ancillary building. Circa 1600. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade
red plain tiles. 2 bays aligned approx. NE-SW, with catslide extension to NW
enclosing stack, and smaller one-bay extension to SW. Main building of 2
storeys and attic, extension of one storey and attic. NE elevation under
alteration at time of survey, October 1986; one window in each storey and one in
attic gable. Entrance in left return. Jowled posts, straight bracing inside
heavy studding, plain joists of vertical section, clasped purlin roof. Large
bread oven with barrel-vault roof and wrought iron door with original latch,
C18. The rear extension also has jowled posts and a clasped purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TL7923420645

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26621987

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Recommended Books

• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (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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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)