The Rookery is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. A C18 House. 3 related planning applications.
The Rookery
- WRENN ID
- haunted-obsidian-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1962
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Rookery, Poole Street, Great Yeldham, CO9 4HJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 762 378
- Coordinates
- 52.01087, 0.56603
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rookery is a house from the 18th century that has been altered in the 19th century. It is timber framed and plastered, with a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The building has three bays aligned north to south, facing west, and features a rear range extending from the north end, creating an L-shaped plan. There is an external chimney stack at the angle of the L. The rear range, added in the 19th century, includes an external chimney stack at the end and a single-storey extension beyond it, also from the 19th century. The house is two storeys high and has a six-panel door set within a plain Doric porch. There is a four-window range of double-hung sash windows, each with 12 lights. The roof is hipped. Inside, there are six-panel doors and a moulded beam located on the north side of the entrance hall.
Local climate
The Rookery sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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