Brook Cottage

Brook Cottage is a cottage that was formerly an estate cottage for a gamekeeper, dating from the mid-18th century. It was refenestrated in the 19th century. The front elevation and the left side are constructed of red brick in English garden wall bond, while the right side and rear elevations are made of Isle of Wight stone rubble with red brick dressings. The cottage features a thatched roof with an end brick chimneystack and has two storeys with three windows. The 19th-century casements have drip-stones made of grey headers over the ground floor windows. There is a central later plank door framed in wooden architrave and a deep brick plinth.

On the left side, there is a wash-house, and the right side includes an open fireplace with a wooden bressumer and an arch leading to a bread oven. Inside, there is a stop-chamfered spine beam with a 2-inch chamfer fillet. The parlour end features chamfered floor joists with run-out stops, and there is an 18th-century winder staircase. The cottage was built by the younger branch of the Worsleys of Gatcombe House for their gamekeeper, and it is notable that brick was used only for the two sides of the house that are visible from the road.