Outbuildings to North West of Brook House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Agricultural outbuildings.

Outbuildings to North West of Brook House

WRENN ID
dim-bonework-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1974
Type
Agricultural outbuildings
Address
Outbuildings to North West of Brook House, Bitterley
OS grid reference
SO 541 776
Coordinates
52.39457, -2.67569
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The outbuildings located to the north-west of Brook House date from the 17th and 18th centuries and consist of agricultural structures and a kiln. They are constructed from timber-frame, brick, and coursed stone rubble, topped with a plain-tile roof. The buildings have an L-shaped plan, with the end unit serving as a kiln.

These single-storey outbuildings feature five bays, with various openings at both levels and plain boarded doors at the front and back. The floor structure includes high-quality carved reset beams. The roof is supported by a single trenched purlin system with four trusses, which incorporate many reused truss members from the 16th or 17th century.

The end unit is a square-plan stone hop kiln or drying room, characterized by gables. Each side has framed oak vent openings with shuttered louvres on the outside and top-hung boarded doors on the inside. There are three boarded doors in total. The loft rack is formed from a grid of iron ties, and the roof features a single straight-braced purlin structure with a central projecting ridge louvre, which has a shaft that pierces the plastered ceiling between the purlins. These outbuildings were previously listed as part of Brook House.

Local climate

Outbuildings to North West of Brook House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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