Brook House

Brook House is a house that dates from the early 16th century, with additions from the 18th and early 19th centuries. It features a complex plan and is constructed from timber framing with plaster. The building has two storeys and a gabled roof covered with peg tiles, which includes crosswings to the north and south, as well as a central well-type roof.

The front of the house has two projecting wings with a recessed center. On the first floor, there are ordinary and tripartite double-hung sash windows with small square panes. The ground floor features an off-centre late 18th-century open pedimented doorcase with thin pilasters, modillions, and an ogee architrave in the tympanum, along with an original six-panel door and a four-light leaded casement window. The eaves are coved, and there are three 19th-century ridge line stacks.

The gabled crosswings have imitation framing in the gable triangles and double-hung sash windows with square panes on the first floor. The ground floor windows are similar but feature moulded heads. The north side has a parapet and a canted two-storey bay window with double-hung sashes containing small panes, as well as a single-storey canted 19th-century bay window with leaded casement lights.

At the rear, there is a two-storey block with a gabled peg tile roof, along with a long 16th-century kitchen block that has old iron casements, one of which features a curious projecting semi-circular oriel. Inside, the house reveals exposed framing and has a half 'H' plan layout. The early 16th-century structure includes a three-bay crosswing to the north and a five-bay crosswing to the south, which contains a smoke bay and the remains of a 'hall' in between. Significant parts of the crownpost roofs are preserved over the crosswings, and the kitchen block at the rear also features a crownpost roof. The scarf joints in the structure are halved and bridled.