The Rookery is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. A C16/C17 House.

The Rookery

WRENN ID
salt-wicket-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
House
Address
The Rookery, Stratford Road, Dedham
OS grid reference
TM 043 331
Coordinates
51.95961, 0.97314
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Rookery is a 16th to 17th century house that has many 19th century additions and changes to its windows. The building is primarily shaped like an H and is constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior. It features ridged and gabled roofs that are covered with slate, and there are four chimney stacks.

Local climate

The Rookery sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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