Description

TL 96 NE NORTON THE STREET

2/119 The Rookery (formerly
15.11.54 listed as Rookery
Farmhouse and barn)

GV II

Farmhouse; C17 main range with earlier range to right. 2 storeys. Main range
of 2-cell lobby-entrance plan. Timber-framed and plastered: a little C18/C19
herringbone pargetting. Plaintiled roof: an C18 parapet gable of red brick,
now internal to right. An axial C17 chimney of red brick, and another of C18
at gable, the shaft rebuilt in mid C20. Mid C19 sashes with large panes. Mid
C19 gabled plaintiled entrance porch with half-glazed panelled door and
panelled reveals. The range to right was formerly of 1½ storeys: in C19 walls
were raised and a lower-pitched pantiled roof built. Attached to left along
the street frontage is a single-storey C19 range once containing a butcher's
shop: flint and painted brick with plastered end walls. Pantiled roof. Mid
C19 shop window with cornice. To right of facade is a lean-to C19 extension
of painted brick.

Listing NGR: TL9613165754

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635444

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)