Rokeby House / The Cottage / Gable End

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

NZ 0813 ROKEBY A66 (South side, off)

14/127 - Rokeby House, The Cottage, and Gable End

II

3 houses. Various C18 dates except for Rokeby House; Rokeby House added and all houses refenestrated in early C19. Squared stone with tooled-and- margined lintels; Rokeby House has graduated stone slate roof, the other houses C20 concrete tiles. 2 storeys, 7 bays. in all. 2-bay Rokeby House at left is slightly taller than the others and has a 4-panel door with 4-pane overlight; other doors renewed. 16-pane sash windows (except for one C20 bow). Old angle quoins visible in the front elevation evidence 4 stages of addition to an early C18 2-bay original house. End and 4 ridge stacks.

12-pane Yorkshire sash on right return.

1-storey rear wing to Rokeby House has 3 low fixed windows, heavily barred, in chamfered surrounds.

Interior: Rokeby House was Greta Bridge police station in C19. In rear wing 2 cells with original doors and vertical-sliding iron shutters.

Listing NGR: NZ0888013047

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0486 IOE Records taken by Bob Cottrell; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Bob Cottrell. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project