Building record 0258200000 - ROOKERY FARM

Dimensions - Length 17m, Width 15m.
2 storeys, brick & timber. Probably early C17. C18 additions (B1).
Painted plaster discovered in house c.1973 - shield with '1628' painted on (B3).
Grade II. House. Late C16-C17. Timber frame with diagonal braces and whitewashed brick infill to end bays and rear. Whitewashed rubble stone plinth. Front of centre bay rebuilt with whitewashed rubble stone to ground floor and brick above. Half-hipped old tile roof, 2 brick chimneys off-centre to right. 2 storeys, 3 bays. 3-light wooden casements with horizontal glazing bars, that to upper left C20. Lower right-hand windows have segmental heads, one with rendered voussoir. Flush panelled door between right-hand bays with Sun fire insurance plaque above. Rear has C20 casements and C18 2-storey extension of brick with tiled roof forming L-plan. Further C19 bay, now part garage attached to gable of extension. Interior: centre room on ground floor has moulded and stopped spine beam and section of painted frieze with floral motifs and shield with date of 1628. Spiral staircase. Upper left-hand rooms probably once open to roof. Ground floor has one original oak window with moulded jambs and central mullion and 2 diamond mullions. RCHM II p. 120 Mon 15 (B4).
Painted wall in the cellar or sub-cellar. Upper part of the wall is plastered and painted with arched panels filled with floral ornaments, possibly overpainted with a diamond motif. The room had previously been in use as a brewhouse (B5).