Rookery Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1988. A C19 House.

Rookery Farmhouse

WRENN ID
forgotten-lantern-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Kesteven
Constituency
Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 October 1988
Type
House
Address
Rookery Farmhouse, Leas Road, Great Hale
OS grid reference
TF 151 431
Coordinates
52.97352, -0.28643
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rookery Farmhouse is a house built in the early 19th century, with alterations made in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, featuring an ashlar plinth and a concrete tiled roof with raised stone coped gables and two gable stacks. The building has a parallel ranges plan and is three storeys high with a three-bay front that includes a plinth and a dogtooth eaves course.

The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door with a fanlight, surrounded by wood panelled reveals and a roll moulded wooden doorcase. This doorcase has console brackets that support a leaded triangular hood. On either side of the door are single margin light sash windows. The first floor features three similar windows, while the second floor has smaller glazing bar sashes. All windows are topped with cambered rubbed brick arched heads.

On the right side of the house, there are pairs of margin light sashes on each floor, along with a half-glazed door that has a bordered light. This door is sheltered by a wooden Gothick porch, which has pierced quatrefoil spandrels and a flat leaded hood. Inside, the farmhouse retains six-panelled doors and a dogleg stick baluster staircase with a wreathed hardwood handrail.

Local climate

Rookery Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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