Brook House

Brook House is a house dating from the later 18th century, mentioned in a will from 1806. It was reroofed in 1866, and a rear stair extension was added in 1980. The house is symmetrical, with two storeys and two windows, constructed from clay lump plaster and facing east. The roof is slated and hipped to the south, although it is said to have originally been thatched. The brickwork from the 1866 cottages to the north overlaps the northern end by 2 feet, and the northern gable has a shared chimneystack.

The layout is a double pile, double fronted plan with the stair originally located in the rear north room. There is a chimney with back-to-back fireplaces situated in the mid-wall of the southern part. The east front features a plinth and overhanging eaves, along with a four-panel flush beaded half-glazed front door beneath a light gabled porch. The windows are symmetrically arranged flush box sash windows with 8/8 panes, with the lower windows being larger.

At the rear, there are Yorkshire sliding casements on the ground floor and small two-light leaded 18th-century mullioned windows with iron casements on the first floor. The sympathetic rear extension for the new stair was added in 1980. The house was formerly the residence of a blacksmith and wheelwright, with a forge located to the west. There is also an 18th or 19th-century cast iron pump next to the rear wall, featuring a fluted cap, a spurred spout at the bottom of the chamber, and a long wrought iron counterweighted handle. The building showcases an early double pile plan and the late use of clay lump construction, which is now considered obsolete for domestic buildings.