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The Rookery

A Grade II* Listed Building in Stowmarket, Suffolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1883 / 52°11'18"N

Longitude: 0.9939 / 0°59'38"E

OS Eastings: 604750

OS Northings: 258681

OS Grid: TM047586

Mapcode National: GBR SJM.L4C

Mapcode Global: VHKDP.58T8

Plus Code: 9F425XQV+8H

Entry Name: The Rookery

Listing Date: 28 July 1950

Last Amended: 29 November 1993

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1297873

English Heritage Legacy ID: 384658

ID on this website: 101297873

Location: Stowmarket, Mid Suffolk, IP14

County: Suffolk

District: Mid Suffolk

Civil Parish: Stowmarket

Built-Up Area: Stowmarket

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Stowmarket St Peter and St Mary

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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Description


STOWMARKET

TM0458 TAVERN STREET 614-1/4/130 (South side) 28/07/50 Nos.15 AND 15A The Rookery (Formerly Listed as: TAVERN STREET No.15 The Rookery)

GV II*

House. Early C17, refronted and interior remodelled 1770. Roughcast timber-frame under machine tile roof. 2 storeys and dormer attic, in 5 bays. Asymmetrical facade to street. Central 6-panelled door with panelled reveals, a plain overlight and an open pediment. 2 sashes right and left, each with 6/6 glazing bars, bolection-moulded surrounds and hoods. 5 first-floor 3/6 sashes with similar surrounds. Gabled roof with 3 gabled dormers fitted with 2-light casements. C19 ridge stack. Rear with a 2-storey brick cross wing, gabled and with plain tiles; mixed fenestration including two C20 casements, a tripartite sash and a 10/10 sash. East gable wall of front range with a 2-storey bow lit through 3 6/6 curved sashes each floor, c1770. INTERIOR. Fully panelled Adamesque room with elliptical arched doorway, medallion ovals and heads in spandrels. C18 mantelpiece. Bedroom with wide coved ceiling cornice, enriched plaster frieze and ceiling panel mouldings. Staircase with 3 fluted balusters per tread and scrolled tread ends. (DOE:List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Hist. Interest: Urban District of Stowmarket: London: 1972-).

Listing NGR: TM0475058681

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