Description

SD 53 NE GOOSNARGH HORNS LANE

5/60 Brook House Farmhouse
and integral barn

II

Farmhouse, dated 1666 on stone over door inside porch, but probably earlier
C18, altered c.1933, now house. Sandstone random rubble with quoins,
recently slobbered, left gable of scored stucco, slate roof with gable
chimney. Rectangular 4-bay plan including the barn, the house formerly one
bay only and the barn 3, but altered to make 2 bays each. Gable to road.
Two storeys: gabled single-storey porch (modern renovation incorporating
part of wall to formerly very small garden), to the left one 3-light
chamfered mullion window on each floor, to the right a door and a inserted
1st floor window imitating the others. Rear has two 2-light chamfered
mullion windows at ground floor and are above. Barn continued to right has
segmental-headed wagon entrance, a door to right. Interior: inner doorway
under porch has moulded sandstone surround, heavily-studded oak door; barn
has 2 roof trusses with cambered tie-beams, kingposts with struts to the
principals and above these curved struts to the ridge; 2 pairs of purlins.

Listing NGR: SD5701038244

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26603875

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)