Description

TL 2825 WALKERN Finches End HIGH STREET (west side)

8/3 Farmhouse at Rooks Nest Farm 20.10.52 (formerly listed as Rooks Nest Farmhouse)

GV II*

House. Mid Cl7 front range; rear wing later, possibly 1701; brewhouse wing at NE C19. Red brick, in English-bond in front range. N side of rear wing timber framed and jettied with brick infill, coursed below but herring-bone pattern above line of former lean-to roof. Steep old red tile roofs. Originally a 2 storeys and attic, cruciform, lobby-entry, central chimney plan house (probably with earlier service wing to rear). Hall on S and parlour on N with a 2-storeys porch balancing the rear stair turret on opposite sides of the large central chimney. Rear wing a SW of 2 storeys has a brick inscribed 'RC 1701' in S wall. This has a large formerly external chimney in the middle of its N side, where the later 4-bay brewhouse projects to N. Symmetrical E front with massive central chimney with 4 diagonal square shafts, gabled orch with 3-light plastered brick mullioned window with brick label over wide square-headed chamfered doorway. 3-panel door with leaded fanlight. A 4-light mullioned and transomed leaded casement window on each side of porch on each floor. Chamfered brick plinth and brick corbels at ends of front eaves. 3-light mullioned timber windows to attic and 2 floors in S gable, recessed under segmental arches. Flush wooden casement windows to rear wing. Interior has chamfered cross-beams, scratch moulded panelling with upper lozenge-carved panels to stair enclosure, 4-centred fireplaces in S room and room over, and plastered fireplace with fluted C18 cast iron basket grate in chamber over N room. Clasped purlin roof with curved wind braces exposed in stair turret. Staircase has elabor- ately moulded square finials and splat balusters at landings. (RCHM (1911) 225: VCH (1912) 151: Pevsner (1977) 373: RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL2868725875

External Links

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings