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ASHFORD CARBONELL

SO5270 Brook Cottage and attached railings
482-1/15/37 to north-east

GV II

Service extension to Brook House (qv), now private house. C19
rebuild of earlier core. Painted brick and stone rubble,
plain-tile roof with serrated fascias and bargeboards.
Integral brick gable-end and eaves stacks. Front range and
rear wing.
EXTERIOR: single-storey and attic. Front range is 2-window
range of mullion and transom windows, with keyed flat stone
lintels, flanking central doorway. 4-panel entrance door with
bolection-moulded panels and fanlight with brick segmental
arch, under projecting C19 metal tent canopy on cast-iron
columns and brackets. Tiled gable dormer. Left gable-end with
C20 attic window under brick segmental arch. Rear wing
gable-end with 1/1 sash to attic within projecting architrave,
otherwise C20 casements. Applied painted timber-frame on
painted brick gable wall.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Attached railings and gate enclose the rear garden of Brook
House for a length of approximately 10 metres to the north.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: cast-iron railing posts with 5 round
rails. Cross-braced gate frame with 4 round rails and
self-catching latch. Circular gate standards with rounded
caps.
Forms a group with Brook House (qv) against which it abuts to
the north and included for group value.

Listing NGR: SO5249170651