Brookhampton

Brookhampton is a house dating back to the 16th and early 17th centuries, with later alterations and additions. It is constructed of dressed stone with ashlar dressings, and has a renewed tile roof with two brick cross-axial stacks; one is partly original with a fillet, and the other is renewed, with an additional end stack. The building comprises a two-unit plan with a cross-wing to the left end.

The exterior is two storeys plus attic, with a four-window front. The gables are coped, and the cross-wing has larger masonry and brickwork to its end, with weatherboarded gable over a two-storey addition, and a lean-to outshut to the return. A C20 half-canted bay window and attached C20 sun lounge are also present. The entrance on the right side of centre has chamfered reveals and a label mould. Another entrance is located under a timber lintel. On the ground floor, one window has a timber lintel above a three-light leaded casement. The first floor has a four-light casement and a two-light recessed-chamfered mullioned window. Two small gabled dormers contain two-light leaded casements. The two-storey wing has an entrance and a four-light casement to its inner return, with end quoins and a two-light first-floor casement. The right return features recessed-chamfered lights and a small square casement with a label mould. The left return has an entrance with a C19 open timber porch and a six-panel door, with glazed lower panels; a canted bay window has a hipped slate roof over eight, twelve, and eight-pane sashes. The first floor has a window with a timber lintel above a three-light small-paned casement and a three-light recessed-chamfered mullioned window.

The rear elevation has a central entrance with single-chamfered reveals and a flat hood bearing some lettering. The ground floor features a two-light recessed-chamfered mullioned window with leaded glazing and a label mould, and a large window with a timber lintel over leaded glazing. The wing has a small light to the inner return and a window with a roll mould to the opening, now bricked up. The first floor has a two-light mullioned window to the left end (now a two-light casement), a two-light casement, a two-light mullioned window, and a three-light mullioned window. The wing also features a two-light window to the first floor and attic.

The interior includes chamfered beams, and the kitchen to the right end has a large fireplace with one stone jamb and an old plank door with enriched ends to strap hinges. The hall features a wide fireplace with a bressumer and a smoking chamber to the left of a post with a mason's mitre, fretwork to a door and grille above, and a smoke-blackened ceiling. The wing contains a beam with ogee stops to broad chamfers, a late 18th/early 19th century open-well staircase with a cut string and stick balusters, and a later addition with a three-bay roof featuring tie-beam trusses. A cellar under a wing has a blocked round-headed recess. The house was damaged by a bomb in 1940.