Description

SP 72 NE GRANBOROUGH HOGSHAW ROAD

2/45 Rookery Farmhouse

- II

House. Late C16-C17. Timber frame with diagonal braces and
whitewashed brick infill to end bays and rear. Whitewashed rubble
stone plinth. Front of centre bay rebuilt with whitewashed
rubble stone to ground floor and brick above. Half-hipped old
tile roof, 2 brick chimneys off-centre to right. 2 storeys, 3 bays.
3-light wooden casements with horizontal glazing bars, that to upper
left C20. Lower right-hand windows have segmental heads, one with
rendered voussoir. Flush panelled door between right-hand bays
with Sun fire insurance plaque above. Rear has C20 casements and
C18 2-storey extension of brick with tiled roof forming L-plan.
Further C19 bay, now part garage attached to gable of extension.
Interior: centre room on ground floor has moulded and stopped
spine beam and section of painted frieze with floral motifs and
shield with date of 1628. Spiral staircase. Upper left-hand
rooms probably once open to roof. Ground floor has one original
oak window with moulded jambs and central mullion and 2 diamond
mullions.

RCHM II p. 120 Mon. 15

Listing NGR: SP7651025268

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26577648

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)