Brook House

Brook House is a farmhouse, now a house, dating largely to the 17th century, with extensions circa 1910 by Sir E Guy Dawber. It is timber-framed with regular square infill panels and continuous tiled roofs, featuring four chimneys with brick shafts. The house was extended from an "L" shape to an "H" plan. It has two storeys, with a 1:2:1 window arrangement and two gabled cross-wings. Weatherboarding is present on the horizontal framing members of the southwest and northeast gables, and regularly placed casement windows were added circa 1910. A 17th-century entrance is located at the northwest end. The interior of the house features heavy ceiling beams in the 17th-century ground floor rooms, and a late 17th-century dog-leg staircase, notable for its decorative plank balusters. This staircase is attributed to the same craftsman who produced similar examples at the Elms School, Colwall, and Bush Farmhouse, Coddington. The internationally famous gardens, featuring a stream and small weir, provide a beautiful setting for the house.