Brook Hall Farmhouse (EHER 38522)

A timber framed and plastered house on a 'Z-plan'. The crosswing was built in around 1500 and survives from a medieval hall house, of which the remainder has been demolished, and much of the timber being re-used in the present 17th century main range. There is an 18th or 19th century service range and the building has been much altered in the 20th centuries.

January 1953. Grade II listed. A timber framed and plastered house built in around 1500 and altered in the 17th and 20th centuries. The roof is covered with interlocking concrete tiles. The 17th century build comprises a four-bay range facing northwest and behind its right end is an 18th or 19th century single-storey service range. At the left end of the 17th century main range, an earlier two bay crosswing (built in around 1500) projects forwards to form a 'Z-plan'. The crosswing survives from a medieval hall house, of which the remainder has been demolished, much of the timber being re-used in the present main range. The roof of the main range is half-hipped at the right end, and the roof of the crosswing is fully hipped. Internally there are two large wood-burning hearths back to back, which have been much altered in the 20th century. At the east corner of the chimney stack is a brick inscribed with the letters I.W., but half concealed by plaster. If the other half has a date, this is likely to be the date of construction of the original chimney, and therefore of the main range. <1. See photo <2>.