Building record 179/0/28 - The Rookery, Hospital Street

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 431236 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

A good large mid eighteenth-century house with end to Hospital Street and front to road junction. Probably incorporates older house at rear; symmetrical front with a projecting wing at each side; red brick; two storeys; three three-light sash windows overall, with light wood pilasters and cornice treatment; long and short quoins to angles; central entrance with three-quarter Roman Doric column pilasters, segmental pediment and imitation fanlight; old tile hipped roof. Interior has triple arched hall and good staircase.

<2> Lake J.J., 1981, A History and Guide to Nantwich, p.13, 41–44 (Book). SCH66.

Plan form and rear betray an earlier building, probably originating in late sixteenth century.

<3> Hall J, 1883, A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich or Wich-Malbank in the County Palatine of Chester, p.105 (Book). SCH80.

One of a group of houses dating originally from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries at the end of Hospital Street which survived the fire of 1583.

<4> Hartwell C, Hyde M, Hubbard E & Pevsner N, 2011, The Buildings of England: Cheshire (2011 revision), p.499 (Book). SCH7059.

Eighteenth century house with projecting wings. Reputedly contains sixteenth century roof timbers.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1851, Nantwich Board of Health Map (Maps and Plans). SCH2431.

This map depicts the house with attached outhouses to the rear. Extensive gardens, extending north to South Crofts and enclosed by a wall.