Description

SJ 88 SE WILMSLOW FORMER U.D. CHURCH TERRACE
Handforth

2/277 Brooke Farmhouse
(formerly listed as
Brooks Farmhouse.)

5/10/1979

II

Farmhouse: early C17 core, rewalling and additions dated 1714, later
C18 alterations. Originally timber-framed now English garden wall
bond orange brick on sandstone plinth and with sandstone quoins.
Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge and 3 brick chimneys.
Originally 2-room plan now T-shaped. 2-storey, 3-bay south front.
Right end bay projects under gable and has 3-light wooden casements,
the lower one with remains of brick hood mould. In gable is original
timber truss. Left end bay has 3-light casements, under cambered
brick head below and a central 4-board door recessed behind very
simple wooden architrave. West end has semi-circular headed date
plaque reading BENEDICT BROOK 1714 and a carved badger. West front
has remains of 2 ovolo-moulded wooden mullioned windows.
Interior: Timber framed partition walls and bead-moulded ceiling
beams. Some C18 3-board doors and 1 C17 with 2 recessed moulded
panels. Roof structure intact and shows wind-braced lower purlins.

Listing NGR: SJ8608883602

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26516898

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair