Brook Hall Farmhouse

House. Dating to circa 1500, with a 17th-century addition and alterations in the 20th century. The house is timber framed, with plaster render and a roof of interlocking concrete tiles. The main 17th-century range consists of four bays facing northwest, featuring an axial stack in the second bay from the right end. A single-storey service range from the 18th/19th century is located behind the right end, with its own axial stack. A two-bay crosswing projecting forward at the left end of the main range dates to circa 1500, forming a Z-shaped plan with an early 17th-century external stack on the left side. The house has two storeys and attics. The ground floor has three 20th-century casement windows and one metal sliding French window. The first floor has three 20th-century casement windows, and there is a 20th-century door. The main range’s roof is half-hipped at the right end, while the crosswing’s roof is fully hipped. The crosswing is a remnant of a medieval hall house, the rest of which was demolished, with much of the timber being reused in the present main range. The crosswing features jowled posts, partly exposed close studding internally, a chamfered binding beam with mitred stops, a cambered central tiebeam with two arched braces, and a crownpost roof with axial bracing. The main range has chamfered axial and transverse beams with lamb's tongue stops at both floors, along with plain joists of square section. The clasped purlin roof is largely constructed of reused rafters from the original medieval hall house roof. There are two large wood-burning hearths situated back-to-back, significantly altered in the 20th century. A brick in the corner of the eastern stack is inscribed with the letters "I.W.", partially concealed by plaster; if the other half reveals a date, it likely indicates the original construction date of the chimney and of the main range.