The Rookery is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Rookery
- WRENN ID
- fallen-granite-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire MP: Kit Malthouse (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Rookery, 26, Swan Street, Kingsclere, RG20 5PL
- OS grid reference
- SU 524 584
- Coordinates
- 51.32311, -1.24918
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rookery is an 18th-century building that was formerly two dwellings. It features a regular front (east) with two storeys and four windows. The roof is tiled and half-hipped on the north side, with brick dentil eaves. The walls are constructed of blue header brickwork with red flush dressings, including quoins, a first-floor band, and various arches: one wide rubbed flat arch, one Dutch arch, and a modern flat arch, along with a plinth. The windows are sashes in exposed frames, with two on the ground floor being Victorian triple lights.
One doorcase features an open pediment, a dentil cornice, scroll brackets above plain narrow pilasters, an arched opening with a reeded surround and impost band, a plain fanlight, and a six-panelled door. The other doorcase, which is of later date, has a similar classical design but with a square opening.
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 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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 2022
- 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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