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Latitude: 53.1235 / 53°7'24"N
Longitude: -2.7706 / 2°46'13"W
OS Eastings: 348531
OS Northings: 358762
OS Grid: SJ485587
Mapcode National: GBR 7G.7CHL
Mapcode Global: WH88P.DRX9
Plus Code: 9C5V46FH+CQ
Entry Name: The Rookery
Listing Date: 19 June 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1230258
English Heritage Legacy ID: 405175
ID on this website: 101230258
Location: Tattenhall, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH3
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Civil Parish: Tattenhall and District
Built-Up Area: Tattenhall
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Tattenhall St Alban
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: English country house
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
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