NHER 20485 (Building record) - Rookery Cottage

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Summary

This building has a timber frame and thatched roof, with an internal south chimneystack. It was built in three stages, with the oldest part being an open medieval hall with a smoke bay, before an upper floor and chimneystack were subsequently inserted in around 1600. Further alterations were made from the 18th century onwards, and the most recent of these were to help restore the building after fire damage.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1050054: ROOKERY COTTAGE

Location

Map sheet	TM29NW
Civil Parish	TASBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Rookery Cottage.

June 1981. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description:
17th/18th-century timber-frame house, rendered. Thatched roof with gabled ends. Two storeys. Thatch swept over first floor windows. Modern casements. Internal brick stack at south end.
Information from (S1).
P. Watkins (HES), 15 February 2019.

1983. Building Survey.
Brief visit by A. Carter who identified evidence for three builds. Oldest was open hall with smoke bay; later inserted upper floor of around 1600 with possibly reused medieval beams. Chimneystack replaced smoke bay. Queenpost roof with posts braced to purlins.
See report (S2) for further details.
E. Rose (NAU) 25 July 1986. Information from (S3).

17th century building with 18th century alterations. Further alteration in 19th and 20th centuries following a serious fire.
T. E. Miller (NLA) 14 December 2005.

Various objects found in the garden of Rookery Cottage are now recorded under NHER 63151.
P. Watkins (HES), 15 February 2019.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1050054.
<S2> SNF60496 Archive: Carter, A.. Alan Carter Archive Material.
<S3> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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Tasburgh (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Feb 15 2019 6:58PM