Brooker Cottage

Brooker Cottage is a building that was originally likely a barn, which later became two cottages and is now under one ownership. It dates from the mid-16th century and is a probable three-bay barn that was heightened and had windows, including dormers, added in the 18th century when it was converted into two cottages. There are 20th-century lean-tos at the ends. The structure is timber-framed with plastered infill on a stone plinth, and the south front features painted brick on the ground floor. It has a hipped tiled roof with a central brick chimney stack. The building is two storeys high with attics, displaying three windows on the front and one at the rear. Most of the windows are 20th-century casements with leaded lights.

The north front has end bays with midrails and large curved tension braces, while the central bay and part above the tie beam level feature 18th-century thinner scantling. The east end shows similar curved braces above the later lean-to extension. The south front reveals exposed timber framing on the first floor, including curved braces on the right and diagonal braces on the left. There are two flat-roofed dormers with leaded lights. The first floor has early 20th-century casements, and the ground floor has later 20th-century casements. The entrance is now through a 20th-century weatherboarded porch on the southwest, which is attached to a later lean-to that obscures the timber framing on the west side.

Inside, the 16th-century wall frame is visible, featuring jowled posts and close-studding. The ground floor has 18th-century ceiling beams and two central brick fireplaces with wooden bressumers. There are two half-winder staircases and plank doors. Although the roof was not accessible, it is likely to have been replaced in the 18th century due to the heightening of the walls.