Building record 1864/1/2 - Stable, Rookery Farm

<1> Fenix Heritage, 2023, Rookery Farm, Flat Lane, Kelsall, Cheshire, CW6 0RH: Historic Desk-Based Assessment, R4703 (Client Report). SCH9459.

Nineteenth century red brick, double-storey stable building at Rookery Farm located to the south-east of the Grade II Listed farmhouse (see CHER 1864/1). Together with a nineteenth century cow house (CHER 1864/1/1) and a boundary wall, the stable could be considered part of the curtilage of the listed farmhouse.

The stable building is first depicted on the OS 1:2,500 Scale Map of 1876. The disposition of the steading is in a ‘parallel’ layout with the farmhouse detached from the cow-house and stable, which are on identical alignments, opposite each other. By the OS 1:2,500 Scale Map of 1899, the stable is shown with an external staircase on the south-facing elevation; it was common for seasonal farm labour to sleep above the stable, or indeed any farm utility building with a first floor.