Brook House

LINDRIDGE CP FRITH COMMON SO 66 NE

5/126 Brook House

• II

Farmhouse, now house. C17 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Timber- framed with painted brick and rendered infill, brick replacement walling and plain tiled roof. Four framed bays aligned east/west; external rendered chimney with detached brick stack at west gable end. Single storey and attic with dormers. Framing: three panels from sill to wall-plate (only upper row of panels survives to front elevation); collar and tie-beam trusses with struts and with V-strut in apex at east gable end. South front elevation: ground floor has a 2-light C19 casement with plank weathering, a cross-casement and a 2-light C20 casement; two gabled dormers, one with a 2-light casement and one with a 2-light casement and a square light; half- glazed door in west bay with plank weathering continuing above the 2-light C20 casement to left; also stable door in third bay from west end. Interior: framing is mainly intact. Winder staircase in second bay from west end. A C19 single-storey wing adjoins the west gable end; brick with Welsh slate roof; it was originally a kitchen with bread oven and boiler but was altered in C20 to form entrance hall with half-glazed entrance door to main south elevation.

Listing NGR: SO6918569529