Description

TL 0874-0974 CATWORTH BROOK END

9/2 BROOK HOUSE FARMHOUSE

GV II

Late C16 or early C17 farmhouse with a parallel range including a staircase hall
added to the west c 1800. In c 1840 a wing to the south-west was built. Two
storeys. The earliest building is timber-framed with a rough-cast render and plain
tiled roof. C19 brick ridge stack. Four first floor hung sash windows with
glazing bars in west facing elevation with 3 similar ground floor windows and
half-glazed garden door. A verandah to the north and east has a wooden boarded and
plain tiled roof supported on bracketed wooden posts. C19 wing facing south of
rendered brick has a shallow, hipped slate roof with end stacks. Eaves cornice
has paired modillions. Three first floor recessed hung sash windows with glazing
bars, one horizontal sliding sash and one casement window flank a closed porch.
The interior has an inglenook hearth, some exposed ceiling beams and a very fine
canted open string staircase with slender twisted balusters.

Listing NGR: TL0810873162

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26577087

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)