Brook House

SP 93 SE OXENTON WOOLS TONE

5/128 Brook House

GV II

Former farmhouse. Late C16-early C17 with later extensions. Close-studded timber framing to roadside front; square-panelled timber framing to rear; rendered infill; coursed squared and dressed limestone; thin stone slate roof; ashlar stacks and coursed squared and dressed limestone stack; dressed stone quoins. Rectangular main body with C18-early Cl9 extension to the west gable end; further extension at right angles to the latter. Timber-framed extension of c1930 by Raiger and Rogers to the east gable end of the early range. Single storey and attic. Roadside front: gable of early C20 range projects forwards to left: 4- light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casement with stopped hood to the ground floor; 2-light stone-mullioned casement with stopped hood above. C19 two-light wooden casement to the ground floor of the early range; small 2-light early roof dormer with a 2-light casement with horizontal glazing bars; C18 two-light roof dormer with early leaded panes to the right. Later range projects forwards to the right with two C20 three-light steel casements with leaded panes to each floor of the gable end. Single-similar casement to the left-hand return; fixed 2-light casement with horizontal glazing bars and stanchions to former cheese room above. Axial and gable-end stacks. Limited interior inspection revealed no features of special interest.

Listing NGR: SO9586830260