Brook Farmhouse

SO 81 SW HARESCOMBE GRUNTERS LANE (south side) 5/114 Brook Farmhouse

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Large detached farmhouse. Late C17; C19 wing. Random rubble limestone; ashlar chimneys; clay plain tile roof. Two storey with attic; 2-storey with attic wing to form L-plan; further single- storey back wing in angle. North front: gable to right with indications of change in roof pitch; single-window fenestration to upper floors, each 2-light chamfered mullioned casement with hood mould; 2 tall ground floor casements are C19; C20 plaque to right reads: 'Brook Farm/SYLVANUS LYSONS CHARITY/ 1750 - 1982'; wing to left has tall ground floor casement and small casement in louvred attic dormer. West side: C19 single-storey service wing projects to right with moulded gable end C20 chimney; scattered and altered fenestration to left in main range; 3-window to upper floor having central single-light and 2 flanking 2-light casements with hood moulds; C20 open lean-to below; 2 C19 gabled roof dormers with barge boards to right; tall ridge mounted chimney with moulded cap. South end: blank gable end apart from tall off-centre ground floor casement; paired ridge mounted chimneys with moulded cap. East side: Cl9 wing projects to right with single-window 2-light fenestration in gable end; small casement in louvred attic dormer on south side; 3-light casement to back of main range with 2-light over; curved projecting passage to right gives access to single- storey service room. Interior not inspected. Until recently a possession of the Sylvanus Lysons Charity.

Listing NGR: SO8371910151