Description

PARISH OF DRONFIELD HIGH STREET
SK 37 NE
6/43 (North Side)
Rookery Cottage
9.1.67
(formerly listed
as the Armoury
or Rookery
Cottage)
GV II
House. Mid C17 with C20 alterations. Coursed rubble coal
measures sandstone with quoins, coped gables with moulded
kneelers. Single gable stack, rebuilt C20 and a stone slated
roof. East elevation. Two storeys, three bays, with advanced
porch to north end, covered by a catslide roof, and inserted
doorway beneath a plain lintel and with a C20 door. Second
inserted doorway to south end, beneath a plain lintel and with
C20 door. To the north of this door, a 2 and a 3-light recessed
chamfer mullioned window, both beneath dripmoulds, that to the
3-light window extending onto and around the advanced porch.
First floor with two 2-light chamfer mullioned windows, the
mullions C20 replacements. C20 leaded lights throughout. South
gable has stacked 2-light chamfer mullioned windows, including
attic light, beneath dripmoulds. At the south-west corner the
remains of a massive quoined doorway, now with only the
south-east quoins remaining and half of the lintel. The corner
itself is not quoined.

Listing NGR: SK3502178514

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380169

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)