Description

TF 81 SE
6/5

GREAT DUNHAM
STATION ROAD
Rookery Farmhouse

4.12.51

- II

Farmhouse. Early C19 and later.
Re -used limestone ashlar, flint, brick and rendered brick. Black pantiled roof. 2 storeys and a symmetrical facade of 3 bays. Central porch with a pair of Tuscan columns supporting a simple entablature. Sash window above with glazing bars and a wooden rectangular hood mould. Pair of canted bays at ground floor with large sash windows and open parapets - probably later additions. Above, tri-partite sash windows with glazing bars beneath wooden rectangular hood moulds. Tall rendered parapet. Gault brick gable-end stacks.
Re-used material with decorative carving of lozenges, chevron, sections of shaft and cushion capitals identifiable as belonging to the later C12. The destroyed church of St. Mary is the most probable provenance.
Included primarily for re-used material.

Listing NGR: TF8729214235

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26626466

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