Description

SK 08 NW
I/I38

PARISH OF HAYFIELD
LANE HEAD ROAD (north side)
Brookhouses

(Formerly listed as Brook House)

25.10.51

GV
II
House, now divided into two. C17, altered in C19. Coursed gritstone rubble with large quoins, gritstone dressings. Stone slate roof. Ashlar diamond sectioned ridge stacks. Bracketed, moulded wooden eaves gutter. Two storeys, U plan with gabled crosswing to west, double pile plan to east.

South elevation from west - three-light chamfered mullion window in crosswing. Single light semi-circular headed window next to chamfered doorcase with massive quoined surround. Plank door with two lights. Beyond, a recessed and chamfered two-light mullion window and a formerly three-light, recessed and chamfered mullion window, now filled by C20 small paned casements. To east again, formerly five-light recessed and chamfered mullion window, now three-lights with three glazing bar sashes. A further semi-circular headed window and to extreme east an C18 flush opening with C20 small paned casements. Above in crosswing four-light chamfered mullion window. Over door and further to east, two two-light recessed and chamfered mullion windows. Over five-light window and easternmost window with remains of two recessed and chamfered windows, made deeper in C18 and large glazing bar sashes inserted. East gable wall has central stone porch. Four-light recessed and chamfered mullion window over. Blocked two-light similar window in gable.

Interior, much altered. Several chamfered beams.

Listing NGR: SK0308889051

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380403

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (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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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)