Brue Farmhouse And Attached Range Of Farm Buildings

Brue Farmhouse and the attached range of farm buildings is a detached farmhouse with integral farm buildings, dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed from local grey lias stone that is cut and squared, featuring a near-ashlar facade made of Cary stone with Doulting stone dressings. The building has a half hipped Welsh slate roof between coped gables and brick chimney stacks.

The farmhouse is two storeys tall with attics and consists of three bays. The outer bays have composite sash windows with 4 + 12 + 4 panes, which are surrounded by plain ashlar and have mullions. The upper centre bay features a semi-circular arched sash window with 18 panes and Y-tracery glazing bars at the top, with a thin surround that is partly hidden by the gutter. The outer bays also include hipped, timber-clad dormer windows with 16-pane sashes. The central doorway has a 20th-century door with a plain surround and a pedimented hood supported by corbel brackets, along with stone steps that have five steps on each side and a wrought-iron 18th-century handrail with urn finials.

There are extensions to the north and a lean-to on the east gable, which includes stone steps at the rear leading up to the first floor. On the north side, which returns to the east to nearly enclose the farmyard, there is a single-storey range of buildings under a plain clay tiled roof. The north wing features three large three-centre archways, as well as a segmental-arched doorway and a matching window in bay three, with a loft door above, all of which are shuttered. The east wing has been adapted. This complex is a good and fairly complete example of a late 18th-century farm complex.