Eastbrook, Westbrook, The Old Coach House, Northbrook, Southbrook and Brook House is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1994. House. 9 related planning applications.

Eastbrook, Westbrook, The Old Coach House, Northbrook, Southbrook and Brook House

WRENN ID
dim-courtyard-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1994
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Originally a single house called Brook House, it is now subdivided into flats. The northwest wing, comprising Northbrook, Westbrook, and The Old Coach House, dates to the 18th century and was altered in the 20th century. It was erected by the Bowerman family, who held the manor from the 14th century until 1792, and subsequently altered and extended around 1850 by Charles Seely, first Baronet.

The northwest wing is constructed primarily of stone rubble with some brickwork to the second floor. It has a tiled roof, hipped at one end, and features three windows, mainly cambered twelve-pane casements, alongside a projecting stone chimneybreast. To the northwest is The Old Coach House, also from the 18th century and altered in the 20th century. It's built of stone rubble with red brick dressings and has a tiled roof with a white brick chimneystack, incorporating three 20th-century hipped dormers. The ground floor features two twelve-pane sashes with cambered surrounds, a matching door, and two cross-shaped iron ties.

Attached to the south is Seely’s extension of around 1850, constructed in stone rubble. It is two storeys high with ten windows, and has a stone parapet with seven urns. Eight windows have cambered heads, while two are round-headed. Five windows on the right-hand side are blocked, reflecting the demolition of the building behind in the 1950s. To the left is an entrance arch and six pilasters. The garden front of Southbrook and Brook House features a projecting two-storey right-hand bay, a small first-floor bay to the left, and a larger bay underneath, alongside an elaborate stone Italianate splayed porch with pilasters and round-headed arches. Southbrook contains a stuccoed ceiling dating to around 1850, decorated with urns, swags, and floral motifs; a fireplace from the same period featuring a tiled surround, console brackets, and ovolo moulding; and a dining room with a plastered ceiling displaying circular motifs and bay leafs. Eastbrook has three pelmets also dating from around 1850.

Historical records indicate that Garibaldi was a guest of Charles Seely in 1864, and local tradition suggests that Italian workmen were involved in the ceilings and porch decorations. The site is one of the original Domesday manors.

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