Description

ST 89 NE AVENING HAMPTON HILT,
(north side)
3/18
Brook House

GV II

Detached house. Early C18 with later wing to west forming L
shape. Rubble stone, mostly coursed, Cotswold stone slate roof
with 6 scattered stone stacks. 2 storeys and attic with change of
level in west wing. Entrance front has large gable to right
extending across half width. 4 windows, 12-pane sashes with
furthest right blocked. Small gable window of 9 panes. Pedimented
doorcase to far left with Doric pilasters on bases and leaded half
glazed 4-panel door. To rear of this facade, garden front
symmetrical with 5 windows, plate glass sashes made to look like
12-pane with large stone lintels, and central pedimented doorcase
wth dentil decoration and Doric pilasters on bases. C20 glazed
doors to this opening and to that adjoining on right which was
formerly a window. Small domestic wing in north east corner at
side of Avening Brook. West wing former domestic quarters on
ground floor at rear. South facing elevation has four 12-pane
sashes to right and 3 small 2-light stone mullions to left, latter
divided by projecting stone stack far left and doorway nearest
centre with similar door to main entrance under simple wooden
lintel. 2 small gabled dormers with decorative bargeboards.

Listing NGR: ST8856497994

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26381238

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Recommended Books

• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)