Listed Building: ROOKSYARD FARMHOUSE (282103)

TM 38 SE SPEXHALL STOEN STREET 2/29 Rookyards Farmhouse 1-9-53 - II Farmhouse. Early C17. 2 storeys and attics: L-shaped form. Timber-framed; rendered on rear gable and upper floor of rear wall, the remainder of the main range faced in red brick, in an unusual bond of 2 stretchers and one header to each course. A 2-storey wing at the east end, extending southwards, is brick- built, in C19 English bond. Plaintiled roofs; fluted bargeboards and spike finials to gables. 2 internal chimney-stacks, one with a plain shaft, the other with a rebuilt shaft of 4 attached diagonally-set chimneys. 3 3-light and one 5-light early C19 casement windows to each storeys of the main range, and similar windows to the wing, all of mullion-and-transome type with pintle hinges and segmental arches to frames and surrounds. 2 single-storey gabled brick porches; doors with 6 flush panels, the top 2 glazed. One door abuts on the principal chimney-stack, and the building appears to have a basic lobby- entrance plan. It stands on a site with the remains of a complex moat. Listing NGR: TM3843582113