Brook House

Brook House is a house built between 1796 and 1801, with a roadside front added before 1805, and an early to mid-19th century addition on the left side. It was built by Francis Prentis. The house is constructed of ashlar magnesian limestone with a Westmorland slate roof. It is two storeys high, with a 1:3-bay arrangement. The central entrance is a panelled door within a stone doorcase featuring ribbed pilasters and a fanlight with radial glazing bars, all topped by a peaked cornice. The sash windows have glazing bars, projecting stone sills, louvred shutters, and flat-arched heads; the ground-floor windows are larger. The eaves feature dentils, decorative kneelers, and ashlar gable coping. The end stacks are shouldered and cement-rendered, with bands. A later basket-arched carriage entrance, with a sash window above, adjoins the house on the left; the other adjoining properties are not of special architectural or historic interest. The house's history is detailed by B.M. Scott in his publication "Boston Spa" (second edition, 1985).