Listed Building: Farm buildings enclosing 3 sides of yard opposite Rookery Farmhouse (1294209)

Range of farm buildings, including barn and granary, stabling and shelter sheds. C.1840. Coursed squared limestone and red brick; hipped slate roofs. U plan. 1 and 2 storeys. Single-storey shelter shed range facing house is open to yard on brick segmental-arched arcade. Barn to right forms part of right return range and has pair of double-leaf opposed doors with wood lintels and segmental-arched heads. 2-storey, 3-window granary to outer end of left return range has doors and windows with ironstone jams and lintels with keyblocks, those to side facing road are blind. Former cart-standing to rear now blocked. Faces Rookery Farmhouse (q.v.) across Bridge Road. Rookery Farm was originally part of the Grafton Estate and this model farm yard closely resembles those of a group of model farms built 1839-44 for 4th Duke of Grafton as part of an extensive programme of agricultural improvements.

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Feb 21 2024 4:17PM