Rookley House

House. Built in the early 18th century, with a later 18th-century refronting. The house is constructed of rendered and brick walls with a tile roof. It is a plain two-story house that received a Gothick-style elevation on the south-east front in the late 18th century. The entrance front (south-east) features a taller, angular bay window centrally, creating a 2-3-2 window arrangement. The rendered walls retain traces of the underlying masonry and are topped with a crenellated parapet above a stone cornice. This cornice comprises a molding, a pointed arcading, a plain band representing the first floor, pointed arches above the window openings, stone sills, and a stone plinth. Sash windows are set in reveals, featuring intersecting pointed glazing bars in the upper sash. The stone door frame has a reeded architrave, pointed at the top, with molded impost caps, a plain base, and a half-glazed Gothick door. Two small circular windows (of the 20th century) interrupt the symmetry. The south-west (original) elevation is plain and symmetrical, featuring five windows, with coping to the parapet and a stone molded cornice, plinth, and sash windows in reveals. The hipped roof over the two fronts continues to the north-east as a hip and gable; the upper walls are tile-hung and the lower walls are obscured by later additions. The rear elevation exhibits red brickwork in English bond, incorporating a large arched staircase window. A two-story 20th-century addition at the north corner connects to an 18th-century range, encompassing a two-story cottage which extends to create a single-story stable block. This section has a tile roof and red brick walling in Flemish bond, with casement windows, some featuring old leaded lights. Inside, there are two rooms with 18th-century panelling, a fine 18th-century oak staircase, and an entrance hall with marble paving and a decorated plaster ceiling.