Brookthorpe Court

A large country house, dating from the late 16th century and extended during the 17th century. The building underwent restoration and alteration around 1870 for Miss Maitland. It is constructed of coursed, squared, and random rubble limestone, with 19th-century alterations carried out in ashlar; a half-timbered cross-wing; and a stone slate roof. The main structure is a single range of two storeys with an attic storey, incorporating a central cross-wing, with a further extension to the west added during the 17th century.

The south elevation displays two principal gables with cross-roofs. The projecting half-timbered jettied cross-wing has single-window fenestration in ornamental small framing. A glazed doorway serves the ground floor, with an upper floor timber mullioned and transomed oriel set below a moulded bressumer to the jetty. An attic timber mullioned and transomed oriel with a stone-slated hood completes this section. Ridge-mounted chimneys flank the cross-wing: a single rendered stack to the left, featuring a moulded string and cap; and three diagonal yellow brick shafts to the right. To the left of the half-timbered wing stands a full gable with single-window fenestration to the upper floors. This includes a large 8-light mullioned and transomed casement with a 2-light mullioned casement to its left, above which is a dripmould. Above this sits a 6-light ovolo-moulded mullioned and transomed casement with a hood to the upper floor, with a small single-attic casement above. The parapet gable is topped with a cross-roll saddle bearing a trefoil on the face tops. To the right of the half-timbered wing is a 6-light mullioned and transomed window to both ground and upper floors; that to the upper floor has cavetto mouldings and a hood, while the lower window has been altered.

The left elevation shows 19th-century alterations, with two parapet gabled roof dormers to the upper floor, each featuring a transomed casement. A rendered ridge-mounted chimney stack with moulded cap rises above. The fenestration elsewhere is scattered, with a 19th-century doorway featuring moulded architraves and a plank door in a projecting porch with coping above. Further to the left is a 17th-century 2-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement to each floor. The east end features a parapet-gabled elevation with single-window fenestration: a 6-light mullioned and transomed window to ground and upper floors, with cavetto mouldings and a hood to the upper level, while the lower window is altered but retains a continuous dripmould above.

The north elevation presents two principal gables matching those on the south side. The half-timbered gable incorporates a single-storey round-ended projecting parapet-walled vestibule, with a 19th-century restored Tudor-arched moulded doorway and plank door flanked by a 2-light leaded casement with recessed cavetto mouldings to the left and a single-light 19th-century casement to the right. The round end of the vestibule extends to the left as a two-storey stair turret with an upper level cavetto-moulded single-light leaded casement. To the left of the cross-wing is a single cross-window to each floor; that to the upper floor is cavetto-moulded with a hood, while the lower has been altered, both distorted by settlement. The principal gable to the right of the cross-wing features an off-centre 6-light mullioned and transomed casement to ground and upper floor, with a small cavetto-moulded single-light attic casement above. An attached lean-to extends to the right, with two parapet gabled roof dormers above matching those on the south side. The west end gable displays a blocked 2-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement to the upper floor, with a cavetto-moulded single-light attic casement above.

The interior was not inspected during the survey, though it was substantially remodelled during the 19th-century restoration. An attached garden wall to the south and east features roll-topped coping. Two 16th-century barns are located in the adjacent yard.