Brooke'S Croft

Brooke's Croft is a house built in the early 18th century and extended in the mid 19th century. It features red and blue chequered brickwork, with extensions in red brick, and has plain tiled roofs. The original 18th-century house is complemented by 19th-century wings.

The main facade has two storeys and an attic, set on a plinth, with a moulded eaves cornice and moulded cast iron guttering leading to a swept hip roof. There are two hipped dormers and chimney stacks at the rear. The windows are arranged regularly, with five glazing bar sashes on each floor, all having moulded surrounds and gauged heads. To the left, there is a two-storey canted bay window from the 19th century, featuring a moulded cornice and a hipped roof, with a stack to the right. This bay is connected to the main range by a recessed window bay, also with glazing bar sashes.

Access to the house is through a six-panelled door located on the right return, which has a flat hood supported by pilasters. The 19th-century entry front on the left return has two storeys on a plinth, with a plat band and three projecting sections, the centre of which is rendered with large scrolled sides. The first floor has four sash windows, while the ground floor features a tripartite glazing bar sash and a central half-glazed door in a segmental opening, with an inscription above the door that reads: "May Health and Happiness attend the Coming and the Parting Friend."

The interior has been altered in the 19th century, with a kitchen that includes a crown post and an inscribed tie beam stating: "waste not want not." A deed dated 1712 indicates that the 18th-century range was built not long after.