The Rookery

The Rookery is a small country house built between 1835 and 1837 for Mr. Barthrope. It is constructed of white Flemish bond brick and features a hipped slate roof. The house has two storeys and a symmetrical five-bay front, with the central three bays slightly projecting and topped by a pedimental gable. The central entrance is a half-glazed door with a rectangular overlight, flanked by sash windows on either side, each with three panes by three panes and moulded lintels. The first floor has three similar windows. A band of four bricks in depth separates the lower body of the house from the pedimental gable above. The outer bays have sash windows with four panes by three panes on both floors, all featuring moulded lintels and ashlar sills.

On the right side, there are clasping buttresses and a central bay with a pediment, which includes French windows on the ground floor. This bay is flanked by sash windows that extend nearly to the floor, each with three panes by three panes, and three first-floor windows with three panes by two panes, all having moulded lintels. The garden front, or rear, also has clasping buttresses at the corners and pilaster buttresses beside a central bow window that has two bays with windows of three panes by three panes and low sills. To the left of the bow window is another similar window, with a glazed doorway to the right. The first floor features two central windows with three panes by two panes, all having moulded lintels. The interior has not been inspected, but the owner reports that remnants of a timber-framed building are incorporated into the rear rooms of the current structure.