The Rookery
THE ROOKERY, 15 AND 15A, TAVERN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1297873
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1950
- List Entry Name:
- The Rookery
- Statutory Address:
- THE ROOKERY, 15 AND 15A, TAVERN STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1297873
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1950
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 29-Nov-1993
- List Entry Name:
- The Rookery
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE ROOKERY, 15 AND 15A, TAVERN STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE ROOKERY, 15 AND 15A, TAVERN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Stowmarket
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 04750 58681
Details
STOWMARKET
TM0458 TAVERN STREET 614-1/4/130 (South side) 28/07/50 Nos.15 AND 15A The Rookery (Formerly Listed as: TAVERN STREET No.15 The Rookery)
GV II*
House. Early C17, refronted and interior remodelled 1770. Roughcast timber-frame under machine tile roof. 2 storeys and dormer attic, in 5 bays. Asymmetrical facade to street. Central 6-panelled door with panelled reveals, a plain overlight and an open pediment. 2 sashes right and left, each with 6/6 glazing bars, bolection-moulded surrounds and hoods. 5 first-floor 3/6 sashes with similar surrounds. Gabled roof with 3 gabled dormers fitted with 2-light casements. C19 ridge stack. Rear with a 2-storey brick cross wing, gabled and with plain tiles; mixed fenestration including two C20 casements, a tripartite sash and a 10/10 sash. East gable wall of front range with a 2-storey bow lit through 3 6/6 curved sashes each floor, c1770. INTERIOR. Fully panelled Adamesque room with elliptical arched doorway, medallion ovals and heads in spandrels. C18 mantelpiece. Bedroom with wide coved ceiling cornice, enriched plaster frieze and ceiling panel mouldings. Staircase with 3 fluted balusters per tread and scrolled tread ends. (DOE:List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Hist. Interest: Urban District of Stowmarket: London: 1972-).
Listing NGR: TM0475058681
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 384658
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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