Brookfield House

Brookfield House is a house, now converted into flats, dating from the early to mid-18th century, with later alterations in the late 19th and early to mid-20th centuries. The house is constructed of red brick with painted stone dressings, and has a hipped slate roof with overhanging moulded eaves supported by simple moulded brackets, along with substantial brick stacks. It is three storeys and has an attic with dormers. The design includes a rusticated plinth, sill bands at the first and second floor levels, and a moulded eaves cornice. The facade is arranged with three bays, the central bay projecting slightly. Ground floor windows have rusticated lintels and keyblocks; the ground floor features a six-pane sash to the left and C20 double doors with a transom light to the right. There are three sixteen-pane sashes to the first floor and twelve-pane sashes to the second floor. The central bay has a late 19th-century stone canted bay window on the ground floor, with banded rustication and a shaped lead roof. Eared and shouldered architraves, cambered heads and keyblocks are present. The hipped roof over the central bay features a late 19th-century gabled dormer with a shaped parapet, a finial, and a round-headed window with stepped voussoirs and a four-pane sash. To the left of the main block, a late 19th-century wing projects, featuring two storeys and an attic with a dormer; its windows are similar to those in the stone bay and the dormer mirrors the central one. The main entrance on the right side is accessed via a 19th-century stone porch with pilasters, an entablature, and a blocking course. To the right of the porch are two twelve-pane sashes, and to the left, an archway flanked by Doric columns. Internally, there are two round-headed blind windows and a door with six raised and fielded panels and a moulded architrave. The interior is largely of early 20th-century design. To the rear of the 19th-century wing is a three-stage corner bell tower with detailing consistent with the main front. The third stage features keyed oculi, and the lantern rests on three piers with banded rustication on each elevation; it is topped with an ogival dome and a weathervane.