Description

SJ 97 NW PRESTBURY C.P. PEARL STREET
(West Side)

6/199 Nos. 1 and 2 Brooks
Cottages (formerly listed
as Brooks Cottages)

14/4/1967

GV II

Formerly a farmhouse, now 2 cottages: dated 1686 with C20
alterations. Coursed squared buff sandstone rubble, Kerridge
stone-slate roof, stone ridge and 2 gable brick chimneys. 2-storey,
4-bay front. Left end bay has added gabled porch. To right in lower
storey are 2 long rubble hood moulds, to left above a restored 5-light
stone mullioned window and to right above a C20 door and casement.
Above are 2, 3-light windows (one with restored mullions) with rubble
hood moulds in barge-boarded half dormers. Central plaque reads
"Rodger Brooks and Ellen his wife Erected his house in the 24 years of
his life Ano Dom 1686."

Listing NGR: SJ9012677114

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26432409

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Recommended Books

• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)