Description

SJ 45 NE TATTENHALL C.P. GATESHEATH LANE
(West Side)

5/101 The Rookery.

GV II

Formerly large house, now old peoples' home: dated 1909 on rainheads
for Frederick Wignall of Tate and Lyle. Timber-framed on a stone
plinth with rusticated brick lower storeys to the rear. Stone-slate
roof stone ridge and a massive ashlar lateral stack with Tudor-style
brick stacks. Elizabethan style south front has large 2-storey gable.
Coved jetties at 1st and 2nd floor. Chevron decoration below,
roundels above and cross-motifs in gable with ornate pierced
bargeboards. 5-light ovolo-moulded mullioned and transomed windows.
Similar gable on west front and 2-storey porch on east front;
extensive service range to north.
Interior: Hall has oak stair with shaped flat balusters and square
newels. Main room to left in ornate Elizabethan style with inglenook
fireplace, panelled plastered ceiling and frieze. Dining room has
Baroque ceiling with Tate and Lyle Liver Birds and an ornate early
C18-style fireplace.
Replaces and may include small portions of an Elizabethan original; a
meticulous evocation of Cheshire vernacular.

Listing NGR: SJ4853158762

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Rookery, Tattenhall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7761466

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback