Description

SX 89 SW DUNSFORD

3/1 Brook Farmhouse

- II

House. C16 origins, alterations and addition of the early to mid C19. Whitewashed
rendered cob on stone rubble footings, bitumen painted slate roof gabled at ends, end
stacks, 1 axial stack.
The original house appear to have have a 3 room and through passage plan, although
the passage no longer exists. The passage was probably immediately to the left of
the axial stack which would have heated the hall. The lower left of the axial stack
was heated by a gable end stack to the left; the inner room by the right gable end
stack. The outshut at the rear of the lower end appears to be an addition. The
parallel range added to the rear of the higher right end in the circa mid C19 may be
co-eval with the refenestration of the front.
2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-window front with a C20 flat roofed glazed conservatory in
the centre, C20 front door behind conservatory on front to the left. 2 ground floor
16-pane sashes to the left, right-hand sash 20-pane. 2 first floor windows left 3-
light casements with some square leaded panes; first floor windows right, 2-light
casements, 4 panes per light.
Interior The important surviving feature is the oak plank and muntin screen with
wide planks and chamfered stopped muntins on the hall side, and a cambered doorway.
The hall has a chamfered cross beam and exposed joists. The 3 fireplaces have stone
rubble jambs and plain timber lintels and have probably been reconstructed; the hall
stack is cob. C19 roof trusses, probably coeval with the rear right addition.

Listing NGR: SX8169290557

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26509194

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)