Description

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SZ38SE
1354-0/7/24

BRIGHSTONE
BROOK
Brook Hill House
Nos.1-6 (Consecutive)

(Formerly listed under Brook Hill)

II
Small country house, now six flats. Built between 1901-1916 by Sir Aston Webb for Charles Seely, first Baronet, who had been advised by his doctor to live in a hilly location for six months of the year. L-shaped building in Egyptian or Assyrian derived style. Built of coursed stone rubble with ashlar dressings.

Flat roof with tall stone chimneystacks. Moulded cornice and band between floors. Six or eight pane sashes. To the extreme right of the north or entrance front is an ashlar porch with Egyptian-style square tapering columns. Shield above with inscription "IN DEO SPERO", the motto of the Seely family. To the left is a projecting two storey portion with 3:4 windows, then a further part with 4:4 windows and balcony to roof. Projecting northwards is a long service wing with 7:6 windows and two doorcases. The east front of the service wing has nine windows and a projecting off central feature containing window above and window and doorcase below. South or garden front is the principal facade visible for a great distance from the coastal plain. Symmetrical facade of two storeys on a very high plinth of stone rubble mixed with ironstone. Recessed centre has balustrade, four recessed sashes with large cambered arch underneath and long moulded stone balcony flanked by projecting wings of one bay with one triple window each. On each side there is a one storey wing with pilasters and balcony.

Listing NGR: SZ3971784535

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504366

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Care and Repair