Brook Farmhouse, Garden Wall and Gate Piers is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. Farmhouse.

Brook Farmhouse, Garden Wall and Gate Piers

WRENN ID
solitary-dormer-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Staffordshire
Constituency
Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1953
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Brook Farmhouse, Garden Wall and Gate Piers, Leigh
OS grid reference
SK 015 358
Coordinates
52.91996, -1.97855
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Brook Farmhouse, along with its garden wall and gate piers, is a farmhouse dated 1694, featuring later alterations and additions. It is constructed of red brick with vitrified headers, an ashlar plinth, quoins, and dressings. The roof is covered with plain tiles and has coped verges on shaped kneelers, with a central brick stack that has a cruciform section. The building has a lobby-entry plan and a two-cell range that is aligned east-west. A stair turret projects from the center of the south face, while a south projecting wing has been added to the west end, and there is an extension at the north-east corner of the main house.

The main house, located to the left, has two storeys and an attic, featuring a moulded first-floor band and a moulded eaves cornice. To the right is a two-storey gabled wing. The facade has three bays with one window, and the casements are topped with brick flat arches and shaped keystones. The central door of the main house has an ovolo-moulded stone surround and a massive lintel, which is dated. The east gable has ground and first-floor windows that retain their original segmental heads, along with bands above the first-floor and attic windows.

Inside, there are exposed ceiling beams with hollow chamfer moulding, a massive fireplace with a cambered arch and moulded surround, and a late 17th-century dog-leg staircase featuring barley sugar twist balusters and newels with ball finials. The front garden is enclosed by a coped brick wall and central square section gate piers that have moulded stone caps. This farmhouse is a notable example of early brick architecture.

Local climate

Brook Farmhouse, Garden Wall and Gate Piers receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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