Rookery Cottage

Rookery Cottage is a row of three cottages, likely originally built as one house, dating from the late 17th century and 18th century. The cottages are constructed of plastered cob on rubble footings, with rubble stacks topped with 20th-century brick, and a thatched roof, although No. 6 has been replaced with asbestos slate. The row faces south, with Rookery Cottage (No. 4) located on the left (west) end as a small one-room plan cottage featuring a projecting end stack. No. 5 is a one-room plan cottage in the center, while No. 6 is a two-room cottage at the right (east) end. There is a large axial stack that serves back-to-back fireplaces in the party wall between Nos. 5 and 6. The building is two storeys high with an overall seven-window front: one window for No. 4, two for No. 5, and four for No. 6, showcasing a mix of late 19th-century and 20th-century casements, most of which have glazing bars. Each cottage has a 20th-century door, and No. 6 features a 20th-century gabled porch with a slate roof. No. 4 is smaller than Nos. 5 and 6, with a roof that steps down between them, gable-ended to the left and hipped to the right.

Inside, No. 4 retains a good late 17th-century interior, with a ground floor fireplace made of rubble, a plain oak lintel, an inserted bread oven, and an original mantel shelf with a moulded plaster soffit. The first floor features a late 17th-century ceiling with an oval panel defined by a moulded plaster rib and a moulded plaster cornice that breaks forward over a full-height cupboard with plank doors hung on HL hinges. There is also an original two-panel door with HL hinges. Nos. 5 and 6 appear to have been rebuilt in the 18th century and display plain carpentry details, with the end room of No. 6 possibly being a later addition. The roofs were not inspected.