Brick House (EHER 36826)

Late 16th to early 17th century brick built house.

NRHE data transfer: Brick House (NAT). (1) Brick House. House of the late 16th to early 17th century. (RCHM 3). Grade II*. <2> Brick House, now two tenements, nearly 1/2 mile south of the church, is of two storeys, with attics and cellar; the walls are of brick, and the roofs are tiled. It was built probably early in the 17th century, on a half-H plan, with the wings extending towards the west, and with a long outhouse-wing extending towards the east. The outhouse-wing was apparently lengthened later in the 17th century. Round the main block is a plinth and a string-course, which is moulded on the north and west elevations. Against the west front of the north wing are two buttresses, one of them is original; against the south-west corner of the south wing is a modern diagonal buttress. On the west front the two main wings are gabled, and there is also a gable between them; many of the windows are blocked; three of them have moulded oak mullions, and a doorway has a moulded frame. On the east elevation a small staircase projection and the outhouse-wing are gabled. The north and south elevations of the main block each have two gables. The original south-west chimney-stack has two diagonal shafts; the original east stack is stepped in three stages, and has one shaft; the original north-east stack has four shafts, one is set diagonally and one is modern. Inside the building, on the ground floor, are four, and on first floor three moulded door-frames; the jambs have moulded stops, and one door is of moulded battens. Two of the staircases have old oak treads; one staircase has a cupboard with a panelled door of late 16th or early 17th century date. Condition-Good, but floors of attics bad. <3> See: <4>