Description

CALTON CALTON LANE
SD 95 NW
(North Side)
9/2 The Rookery
(Formerly known as
Kenmure House)
II
House. Late C17 with mid C18 alterations. Slobbered rubble, painted stone
dressings, slate roof with stone slates at rear. Two storeys, 3 bays. Central
entrance with probaby mid Cl8 Gibbs surround, imitation keystone carved on lintel and
cornice over. Two ground floor windows, both double chamfered and mullioned,
formerly 4-light, now 2-light. On upper floor two 3-light double chamfered mullioned
windows flank a similar central window, but 2-light. All windows have C20
casements. Gable end stacks. Left hand return indicates heightening of roof when
C17 windows were rearranged. Ground floor single-light window with chamfered
surround and basket-arched head. Right-hand return contains 3-light double
chamfered window with cavetto mullions and square stools. Remains of former 4-light
now 2-light, double chamfered window in rear outshut under catslide roof.

Listing NGR: SD9073259150

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26425342

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings