Description

SO 74 SE COLWALL CP WALWYN ROAD
(south side)

4/90 Brook House

18.11.52

GV II*

Farmhouse, now house. C17, extended c1910 by Sir E Guy Dawber. Timber-
frame, regular square infill panels, continuous tiled roofs, 4 chimneys with
brick shafts. "L" plan extended into "H" plan. 2 storeys, 1:2:1 windows,
2 gabled cross-wings; weatherings to horizontal framing members of south
west and north east gables; regularly placed c1910 casements. C17 entrance
to north west end. Interior: heavy ceiling beams to C17 ground floor
rooms; Late C17 dog-leg staircase with decorative plank balusters which
is probably by the same hand as almost identical examples at the Elms
School, Colwall (not included) and Bush Farmhouse, Coddington (qv).
The gardens, which are internationally famous, provide with a stream and
small weir a beautiful setting for the house.

Listing NGR: SO7520642172

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17537244

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas