Description

TQ 14 NW DORKING GUILDFORD ROAD
850/6/10016 Rookery Lodge

II

Estate office, later house. Circa 1896 by Smith and Brewer in Arts and Crafts style. Square on plan. Ground floor red brick and first floor pebbledashed with pyramidal tiled roof with central chimneystack. Two storeys, attic and semi-basement. Each corner has a two-storey angled square bay with Ipswich glazing to upper floor and sashes to the lower floor, otherwise windows are irregular with some coloured glass. East front has gabled dormer with casement, central first floor casement, ground floor sashes and central porch window. South side has one ground floor sash and doorcase with wooden cornice and brackets and half-glazed door. West side has central oculus to first floor, three cambered headed casements to ground floor and two round-headed arches to semi-basement. This building was designed as an estate office for a company who had bought the Rookery estate, birthplace of T R Malthus, for redevelopment.

Listing NGR: TQ1343048357

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26666928

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990