The Rookery is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
The Rookery
- WRENN ID
- endless-cobble-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Rookery, Lacock Road, Corsham, SN13 9HS
- OS grid reference
- ST 873 701
- Coordinates
- 51.43055, -2.18274
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rookery is a house dating from the mid-18th century, constructed of rough rendered rubble stone with a stone-tiled roof and coped gables. It features end stacks. The original facade has a three-window arrangement, incorporating two-light flush mullion windows with cyma moulding. A central Roman Doric columned doorcase with a pediment sits above the entrance, although the door itself is 20th century. One of the columns is inscribed with the initials “EF 1792”. A wing to the left has a stack at its east end, a 19th-century window on the upper level, and a ground-floor three-light mullion window. A lean-to has been added to the west side, incorporating a gable above the door and a reused carved relief of an angel.
The south front is formal, built of ashlar stone, and features two hipped gables and coved eaves. It has a three-window arrangement with 12-pane sash windows on the first floor. A one-storey curved bow with sash windows is located on the ground floor to the right, while a 12-pane sash window is positioned to the left. Set back to the right is a single-window range with a similar hipped roof, a coved cornice, and a 12-pane upper window.
Local climate
The Rookery receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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