Listed Building: Rookery Farmhouse (1371610)

Farmhouse. Early C19. Coursed squared limestone, hipped slate roof, brick internal stacks. Double-depth plan. 3-storey, 3-window range. Central part-glazed door with fanlight in open porch on thin cast-iron pillars supporting timber superstructure which has semi-circular arches to front and sides; frieze and moulded cornice. 12-pane sash windows to ground, first and second floors, all with flat arched stone head with keyblocks. Moulded stone eaves. Lead rainwater heads and pipes. Interior. Central staircase from ground floor to attic with stick balusters and mahogany ramped and wreathed handrail; stone-paved floor. Front and back doors either end of staircase hall have shutters which fold back during day either side to create Venetian window style composition with wood surround to shutter recesses and round doors. Reeded doorcases to principal rooms that to sitting room with lions head masks to angles. Ornamental plasterwork borders to ceiling of principal ground floor rooms and marble chimney pieces. Originally part of the Grafton estate.

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Feb 21 2024 4:26PM