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SO 86 SW
3/110

OMBERSLEY CP
HOLT FLEET
HOLY BUSH WALK
Brook Farm

(Formerly listed as Brook House, HOLT FLEET)

14.3.59

II
Farmhouse, now house. Mid C17 with mid C18, early C19 alterations and additions; restored late C20. Part timber-framed with painted brick infill; partly rebuilt and extended in brick, rendered to entrance elevation, plain tiled roofs, brick external stack to left of entrance elevation and large brick ridge stack to rear wing. Two storeys and cellar, partly with dentilled eaves cornice.

L-plan; C19 entrance front of three bays with two-bay wing to rear left. Entrance front: three windows, glazing bar sashes, nine-pane on first floor, central entrance had glazed double doors. Some framing remains in left gable end and rear wing; mainly four panels from sill to wall-plate and long straight brace on first floor of left gable end. To rear right of main part is an out-shut containing present main entrance; above on wall is a plaster oval wreath with central decoration now erased.

Interior; back-to-back fireplaces in rear wing with one large inglenook.

Listing NGR: SO8212764308

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26356306

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)