Hookend Farmhouse

Hookend Farmhouse is a mid to late 19th-century farmhouse located in Upper Basildon. It is constructed of blue brick in Flemish bond with red-brick dressings and features a roof made of fishscale tiles. The building has two storeys, a cellar, and a semi-subterranean dairy, arranged in a three-by-three bay layout, with a single-storey, two-bay wash-kitchen/brewhouse at the rear right corner.

Most windows are four-pane sashes set in chamfered surrounds with segmental heads, while those on the first floor of the front range have four-centred-arched heads. The eaves are stepped and dentilled, and there are tabled and corniced red-brick stacks. The entrance elevation consists of three gabled bays, with the central bay being narrower and featuring a smaller gable. This central bay has a four-panel door set within a decorative timber-framed porch. To the left, there is a canted bay window with a stone surround, parapet, and two-pane sashes on the sides.

On the right side of the house, there is a six-panel door in the right bay and a tripartite window with two-pane sashes to its left, along with the door, window, and end stack for the wash-kitchen/brewhouse. Inside, the house retains contemporary doors, shutters, cupboards, tile floors, a staircase, and a fireplace in the front right room. The wash-kitchen/brewhouse still has its fireplace, pump, and sink, although the copper has been removed and is now in the garden. This farmhouse is historically significant as it was associated with the nearby contemporary farmyard buildings and is included for its group value.