Rookery Farmhouse and 2 Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. Farmhouse with cottages. 4 related planning applications.
Rookery Farmhouse and 2 Cottages
- WRENN ID
- over-tallow-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse with cottages
- Address
- Rookery Farmhouse and 2 Cottages, Irnham, PE10 0RY
- OS grid reference
- TF 046 274
- Coordinates
- 52.8346, -0.44784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rookery Farmhouse and 2 cottages are a farmhouse and two cottages dating from the late 16th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed from coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and features a steeply pitched pantile roof. This roof has a single raised stone coped gable, one hipped end, and a single gable, along with two ridge stacks that have stone bases and moulded brick tops. The structure is L-shaped and consists of a single storey with attics, featuring an 8-bay front arranged in a 5:3 configuration around the corner.
The main entrance has a 20th-century door that is covered by a lean-to porch. To the left of the door is a 20th-century iron casement window, and to the right are a single three-light casement and a pair of two-light casements. In the other wing, there is a three-light casement, a 20th-century larder addition, and another three-light casement. All window openings have timber lintels. The roof includes seven gabled dormers, each with two-light metal casements and rendered cheeks.
Local climate
Rookery Farmhouse and 2 Cottages 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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