The Rookery
THE ROOKERY, BRANDESTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1030569
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1951
- Statutory Address:
- THE ROOKERY, BRANDESTON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1030569
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1951
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE ROOKERY, BRANDESTON ROAD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE ROOKERY, BRANDESTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Earl Soham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 23132 62937
Details
TW 26 SW EARL SOHAM BRANDESTON ROAD
8/34 The Rookery 25.10.51
GV II*
House. C16, the south wing largely rebuilt C19. L shape plan. South wing: red brick with colourwashed facade, plaintiles to front, pantiles to rear; 2 storeys; casement windows, one with leaded panes, cambered brick arches; doorway at the angle of the 2 ranges: 4-panel door, the upper 2 panels glazed with ornamental wrought iron infilling, pilasters, frieze and cornice; internal stack of sawtooth pattern, set forward of roof ridge. North wing: timber framed and plastered, the plaster double-lined in imitation of ashlar, plaintiled roof; 2 storeys; windows mainly C18 square leaded mullion and transom casements; gable end with C18 2-storey 3-light canted bay with modillion cornice. Fine internal stack with a cluster of 6 circular flues with moulded brick enrichment, moulded bases and renewed star caps. North wing has a fully panelled ground floor room with a fine C18 moulded plaster ceiling, believed to be of French or Italian workmanship.
Listing NGR: TM2313262937
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 285806
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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