| 词条 | The Rookery, Nantwich |
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The Rookery, or 125 Hospital Street, is a substantial Georgian townhouse in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. It is located at the end of Hospital Street, on the north side, at the junction with Millstone Lane (at {{gbmappingsmall|SJ6558752192}}). The existing building dates from the mid 18th century and is listed at grade II; English Heritage describes it as "good" in the listing.[1] Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as "square and stately."[2] It incorporates an earlier timber-framed house at the rear, which probably dates from the late 16th or early 17th century. The Rookery is one of a group of houses dating originally from the 15th and 16th centuries at the end of Hospital Street, which include Churche's Mansion, number 116 and numbers 140–142.[3] These buildings survived the fire of 1583, which destroyed the town end of Hospital Street together with much of the centre of Nantwich.[4] The Rookery is believed to stand near the site of the medieval Hospital of St Nicholas, which gives Hospital Street its name.[5] DescriptionThe Rookery is a large detached Georgian building of two storeys, in red brick with stone dressings under a tiled roof. The front façade faces Millstone Lane and is set well back from the street behind a brick wall. This face has two projecting end wings, with decorative stone quoins at each corner. The main central doorway is flanked by paired Roman Doric columns and has a fanlight and curved pediment above.[1][2] Two large three-light sash windows to the ground floor and three similar windows to the first floor all have wooden pilasters; the main doorway is also flanked by single-light windows.[1] On the interior, the main staircase is described as "good" by English Heritage.[1] The existing building incorporates an earlier timber-framed house at the rear, which probably originally had a central hall and flanking wings.[1][6][7] Local historian Jeremy Lake has dated the roof timbers as late 16th or early 17th century.[6] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{NHLE |num= 1249343|desc= The Rookery, Nantwich|accessdate= 11 August 2012}} Sources2. ^1 Pevsner, p. 288 3. ^Lake, pp. 13, 41–44 4. ^Hall, p. 104 5. ^Hall, pp. 5, 48–53 6. ^1 Lake, p. 43 7. ^Simpson, plate 24
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