Description

TR 04 SE BROOK THE STREET
(West Side)

4/63
Brook House
GV
II

House. C15 or earlier, extended and altered late C16. Timber framed
plan clad with red brick and tile hung and weatherboarded to right
return with plain tiled roof. Four framed bays, hall house plan
(originally aisled) with cross-wing. Two storeys with wooden brackets
to eaves with hipped roof with gablets and stack cluster to centre
left, and stack to end right. Three wooden casements on first floor
and 2 long ranges of casements on ground floor with single casement
to right. Boarded door to centre left in hipped C20 porch with sidelights.
Square porch on right return (formerly a separate cottage). Catslide
outshot to rear. Interior evidence suggest original aisled hall, with
early C15 jettied crosswing (Dragon beam survives) possible gabled,
explaining wooden brackets to eaves. Hall tie-beam with decorative
braces and mortice for crown-post. Re-roofed and made 2 storeys with
continuous jetty. Late C16 (now underbuilt). Chamfered service doorway
heads survive (See Traditional Kent Buildings, Vol. 5).

Listing NGR: TR0671344530

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26526612

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)