Old Brook House

Old Brook House is a farmhouse dating from the 18th century, which incorporates elements of a 17th-century dwelling and features later alterations from the 19th century. The building is constructed from coursed squared rubble gritstone with ashlar dressings, quoins, stone gable and ridge stacks, and has a stone slated roof. It has a double pile plan and presents a symmetrical garden front that is two storeys high with attics and three windows. The central doorway is highlighted by a massive ashlar surround and features a four-panel door with the upper four panels glazed, along with a small margin glazed sash window above. Flanking this are glazing bar sash windows with eight over eight panes, and the sashes do not have horns.

On the rear elevation, there is an off-centre doorway set within a former 17th-century window reveal, which is topped by a shallow 20th-century timber hood and features a planked and studded door. To the right of this doorway is a two-light horizontally-sliding sash window, with each light containing six panes, set within a former 18th-century doorway that has massive ashlar jambs, bonding blocks, and a lintel. To the left, there is a tall stair window that is three lights high, featuring margin glazing in coloured glass and set within a flush, unmoulded surround that may be of earlier date. Further left, a low shallow four-light mullioned window has chamfered mullions and a splayed reveal that likely dates from the 17th century or earlier, with a later replacement lintel. Above this, there is a first-floor glazing bar sash window with eight over eight panes and no horns.

Inside, the layout remains largely undisturbed from the 18th century, with a central passage providing access to the rear stair and service rooms, including a kitchen that has a 19th-century grate and an earlier hearth spit, as well as a vaulted cellar. The interior also features 19th-century panelled doors, architraves, and skirtings, while the dining room retains a surround made of birds eye 'marble' from Ashford-in-the-Water, which is a rare decorative limestone.