Description

OLD LOOSE HILL
TQ 7552 LOOSE
(West Side)
6/195
Brook House
25.7.52
GV II
House. C16 or earlier with C17, C18, C19 and C20 alterations. Timber
framed. Front elevation rendered. Exposed framing with plaster
infilling to ground floor of left cross-wing. Plain tile roof. C16
or earlier cross-wing to left, of 2 timber-framed bays. Late C16 or
early C17 central section of 3 timber-framed bays including central
stack bay, probably of lobby entry plan, and probably formerly with
further bay or wing to right, since replaced. Present right cross-
wing of similar plan and date to central section but probably brought
from elsewhere, separately framed with former long outside wall abutting
central section. Short late C18 or early C19 rear addition partly
infilling re-entrant angle. 2 storeys and attic. First floor of left
cross-wing jettied. Ground floor close-studded with arch-braces. Right
cross-wing flush with main range to front. Gable to front of each cross-
wing. Lower ridge to left wing. Multiple filleted brick ridge stack
to left of centre and brick stack in right slope of roof towards rear
of right wing. 2 gabled eaves dormers to main range, that to left with
small 2-light casement. 3-light moulded mullion window with diamond
subsidiaries to gable of right wing. Irregular fenestration of 4 casements
with moulded wooden cornices; one 3-light to each wing and one 4-light
beneath each dormer. Blocked 4-light diamond mullion window to ground
floor of left wing. 10-light ovolo-moulded mullioned and transomed
window to left end of main range with one 2-light mullioned window to
each side at different levels. One 4-light casement with moulded
cornice and 2-light mullioned frieze window, to right end of main range.
Corniced 3-light casement to ground floor of right wing. Further
ovolo-moulded mullion windows to rear, and canted C19 bay window. Ribbed
door with flat hood beneath stack. Half-glazed door with flat
bracketed hood to junction of main range and right wing. Interior:
exposed framing. Plain, chamfered crown-post to cross-wing. Chamfered
beams and joists to central section. Chamfer-stopped stone fireplaces
with wooden bressumers, to main range and right wing. Blocked 4-light
mullioned window to south wall of right wing, within present building.
Late C18 staircase with lightly-moulded balusters and chinoiserie top
gate, in rear addition.

Listing NGR: TQ7580952052

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542618

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)