Brook House Farmhouse

TL 0874-0974 CATWORTH BROOK END

9/2 BROOK HOUSE FARMHOUSE

GV II

Late C16 or early C17 farmhouse with a parallel range including a staircase hall added to the west c 1800. In c 1840 a wing to the south-west was built. Two storeys. The earliest building is timber-framed with a rough-cast render and plain tiled roof. C19 brick ridge stack. Four first floor hung sash windows with glazing bars in west facing elevation with 3 similar ground floor windows and half-glazed garden door. A verandah to the north and east has a wooden boarded and plain tiled roof supported on bracketed wooden posts. C19 wing facing south of rendered brick has a shallow, hipped slate roof with end stacks. Eaves cornice has paired modillions. Three first floor recessed hung sash windows with glazing bars, one horizontal sliding sash and one casement window flank a closed porch. The interior has an inglenook hearth, some exposed ceiling beams and a very fine canted open string staircase with slender twisted balusters.

Listing NGR: TL0810873162