The Rookery is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1959. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Rookery
- WRENN ID
- turning-bronze-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1959
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Rookery, Weston Road, Bretforton, WR11 7HW
- OS grid reference
- SP 094 437
- Coordinates
- 52.09194, -1.86328
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rookery is a house dating back to the 17th century, with extensions built in the 18th century, and further alterations made in the mid-19th century and late 20th century. It is timber-framed with rendered infill on a stone plinth, with coursed lias rubble forming the gable end, including a stack to the south. Part of the south gable is clad in painted brick. The roof is thatched. The house has one storey and an attic, with four 2-light casements set into the thatched roof. The ground floor has three 20th-century windows; the two to the right are bow windows. A thatched canopy shelters the central entrance, which has a 20th-century boarded door. The timber framing consists of three square panels in height. Inside, there is an ingle-nook fireplace with a timber mantel beam.
Local climate
The Rookery receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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