Rookery Farmhouse

SJ 56 NW KELSALL C.P. CHESTER ROAD (South Side)

3/40 Rookery Farmhouse.

22/10/1952 II

Farmhouse: early C17 with later small additions and some C20 alterations. Timber framed with brick and plastered nogging. Additions in washed brick. Plastic tile roof, 1 gable and 1 central ridge brick chimney. Lobby-entry plan with crosswing. 2-storey, 4-bay front. Framing of 2 levels of tall rectangular panels with angle braces above, passing braces below. Right end bay is a projecting gabled wing with 2 small inserted windows. Truss of tiebeam, studs, collar and 2 diagonal struts above. Adjacent is lean-to porch with C20 door, 2 and 3-light casements in remainder with 1 in flat roofed dormer. To rear crosswing shows small-framing, slightly jettied tiebeam with dentilated lower edge. Similar treatment to sill now partly blocked original window. Brick lean-to s to side and rear. Interior: entry against ashlar sandstone baffle. Hall to left has moulded stone heck post and bead moulded wooden bressumer. Similar moulding to ceiling beam which is carried on a chamfered and stopped post. Similar beam and post in the parlour. 2, 4-board doors with iron strap hinges.

Listing NGR: SJ5202768005