Broom Farmhouse

Broom Farmhouse is a former farmhouse dating from the early 17th century or earlier, with later 19th and 20th century additions. The structure is framed, with the ground floor built in Flemish bond brick and the first floor tile-hung, topped with a peg-tile roof. Brick stacks are prominent features.

The house faces east and follows a 3-room lobby entrance plan. The two rooms on the north side are heated by back-to-back fireplaces sharing an axial brick stack, with an unheated service room to the west. Later additions include two late 19th/early 20th century wings projecting to the rear at right angles, and a single-story wing attached to the north end. It appears to be a 17th-century remodelling of an earlier house.

The main block has a hipped roof at the left end, and a half-hipped, gabletted roof at the right end. The axial stack to the right of the centre has three staggered shafts of handmade brick with corbelled brick cornices and vertical ribs. A probable 19th-century stack is located at the left end, with a tall shaft and corbelled cornice. The front elevation is asymmetrical, with a 4-window arrangement. A 20th-century front door is set within a flat-hooded porch in the lobby entrance. Windows are mostly casements with square leaded panes. Two early 17th-century windows on the first floor have chamfered mullions. A window on the right of the first floor and a ground floor window to the left of the porch are likely from the 18th century; the remaining windows are 20th century. A single-story addition on the right end features three bays with small-pane sash windows. The rear elevation is largely hidden by the extensions, with one rear wing having a 2-span roof and the other a canted bay.

Inside, the north end exhibits an exposed ceiling beam with scroll stops and an open fireplace with stone jambs. A nearby crossbeam shows redundant mortises; it may be reused or predate the stack, suggesting a late medieval core. The two southern rooms were not accessible for inspection but retain exposed ceiling carpentry. A partition dividing them has been removed. Surviving wall framing on the rear wall includes jowled wall posts. The roof structure features tie beams, collar purlins, and clasped purlins of slender scantling, likely mid/late 17th century in date.

The house is considered an attractive example of a traditional building in the region.