The Rookery is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Farmhouse.

The Rookery

WRENN ID
sombre-casement-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 November 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
The Rookery, the Street, Hacheston
OS grid reference
TM 310 580
Coordinates
52.17224, 1.37684
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Rookery is a farmhouse with an L-shaped plan, featuring a north wing from the 16th century and a south wing that was largely rebuilt in the mid-19th century. The north wing is timber framed and plastered, topped with a plain tiled roof. It has two storeys and a four-window range with three-light casements, a boarded half-door, and an internal stack. The south wing has a white brick facade with red brick gable ends and is plastered at the rear, covered by a slated roof. This wing also has two storeys and a three-window range, featuring inset sashes with large panes, flat arches, and three-light canted bays on the ground floor. There is a central doorway with a brick porch and a six-panel door, where the upper two panels are glazed. The bays and porch are adorned with embellished cornices and flat roofs, and there are gable end stacks. The north wing showcases some good exposed timbering.

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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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