Old Brook House

OLD BROOK HOUSE, COMBS LANE

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1263667
Date first listed:
23-May-1994
Statutory Address:
OLD BROOK HOUSE, COMBS LANE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1263667
Date first listed:
23-May-1994
Date of most recent amendment:
28-May-1994
Statutory Address 1:
OLD BROOK HOUSE, COMBS LANE

Location

Statutory Address:
OLD BROOK HOUSE, COMBS LANE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Derbyshire
District:
High Peak (District Authority)
Parish:
Chapel-en-le-Frith
National Grid Reference:
SK 04308 78424

Details

The following buildings shall be added:

CHAPEL EN LE FRITH SK 07 NW COMBS LANE(OFF), Combs (north side)

178- /5/10002 Old Brook House

GV II

Farmhouse. C18, incorporating elements of a C17 dwelling, with later C19 alterations. Coursed squared rubble gritstone with ashlar dressings, quoins,stone gable and ridge stacks and a stone slated roof. Double pile plan. Garden front, symmetrical,2 storeys and attics, 3 windows, with central doorway defined by massive ashlar surround. 4 panel door with upper 4 panels glazed and above,a small margin glazed sash window. Flanking the window are glazing bar sash windows, 8 over 8 panes, the sashes without horns. Rear elevation with off-centre doorway set within former C17 window reveal, beneath shallow C20 timber hood, and with planked and studded door. To the right,a 2-light horizontally-sliding sash window, each light of 6 panes, set within former C18 doorway with massive ashlar jambs,bonding blocks and lintel. To the left,tall stair window,3 lights high, with margin glazing in coloured glass,and set within a flush,unmoulded surround of possibly earlier date. Further left,a low shallow 4-light mullioned window,the chamfer mullions and splayed reveal of C17 or earlier date,the lintel a later replacement. Above, a first floor glazing bar sash, 8 over 8 panes, and without horns. Interior; largely undisturbed C18 plan, with central passage access to rear stair and service rooms,including kitchen with C19 grate and earlier hearth spit,and vaulted cellar. There are C19 panelled doors,architraves and skirtings, and the dining room retains a surround of birds eye 'marble' from Ashford-in the Water,a rare decorative limestone.

Listing NGR: SK0430878424

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