Listed Building record TQ 66 NE 156 - ROOKERY FARM THATCHED BARN

Summary

Grade II listed building. Rookery Farm Thatched Barn. Barn built in the 17th century with later repairs. Softwood timber-framed and weatherboarded aisled barn of eight bays with two midstreys. The hipped roof is part thatched and part covered with corrugated metal sheets. The two south bays have cambered tie beams with queen struts, northward alterations have blurred the original design.

Location

Grid reference TQ 6638 6872 (point)
Map sheet TQ66NE
County KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT
Civil Parish COBHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 66 NE COBHAM JESKYNS ROAD 5/3 (south side)
23.2.81 Rookery Farm Thatched Barn
II
C17 with later repairs. Softwood timber-framed and weatherboarded aisled barn of 8 bays with 2 midstreys. Hipped part thatched roof. The 2 south bays have cambered tie beams with queen struts, northward alterations have blurred the original design.
Listing NGR: TQ6598169103 (1)

Historic England archive material: BF097155 Rookery Farm, Jeskyns Road, Cobham File contains reports created for the Kent Farmsteads Survey - RCH01/050 with the following reference numbers: Rookery Farm KFS-000039, Stable KFS-000039/1, Cartshed KFS-000039/2, Granary KFS-000039/3, Shelter Shed KFS-000039/4, Barn KFS-000039/5 and also includes 8 photocopied external surveyor's 35mm prints. Buildings are now known as Rookery Farm Barn, Rookery Cottage and The Stables, after residential conversion in the early 1990s.


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Kent Farmsteads Survey, 1990, Gravesham, Cobham, Rookery Farm survey (Unpublished document). SKE30047.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • --- Unpublished document: Kent Farmsteads Survey. 1990. Gravesham, Cobham, Rookery Farm survey.

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Investigation by RCHME/EH Architectural Survey (EKE19937)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Farmstead Survey, Gravesham, Cobham, Rookery Farm (Ref: KFS-000039) (EKE13830)

Record last edited

Aug 20 2025 11:21AM