Rookhills Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1985. Farmhouse.

Rookhills Farmhouse

WRENN ID
blind-facade-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Rookhills Farmhouse, Dalbury Lane, Dalbury Lees
OS grid reference
SK 262 350
Coordinates
52.91241, -1.61181
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rookhills Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century and early 18th century, with additions from the mid-19th century. It features box timber framing with brick nogging, as well as red brick with brick dressings, a plinth, and a dentilled eaves band. The roof is covered with plain tiles, and it has brick coped gables along with a large central brick ridge stack at the rear. The building is single storey plus garrets and consists of two bays.

On the south elevation, there is a central doorcase with a 20th-century glazed door set under a cambered head. Flanking the door are three-light casement windows, also under cambered heads. The gable walls include casement garret windows beneath segment heads. The rear wing has a central timber frame section with mid-19th century additions on either side. Inside, the southern rooms feature inglenook fireplaces and a straight staircase located between the walls. The timber framed section has high beams and low ceilings.

Local climate

Rookhills Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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