Description

ST32SE ISLE ABBOTS CP BROMES LANE (South side)

4/18 Bromes House
(previously listed as Brooms
Farmhouse)

17.4.59

- II*

Farmhouse, now house. Medieval origin, datestone to porch of 1627 marking restoration and alteration, some minor C19
and C20 work. Coursed rubble, some roughcast and colourwashed, thatched roof, brick stacks. Two storeys, garden front
of 1:1:1:2 bays, predominantly 3-light wood and stone mullioned windows; left bay in projecting wing with a coped
verge, projecting gabled porch to centre with coping and finial, 3-light stone-mullioned window to first floor.
Four-centred arch door opening in a chamfered freestone surround, inner door in a moulded wooden architrave, studded
plank door, strap hinges. Interior with features of interest including ceiling beams, plank and muntin partition, and
good plaster frieze on first floor; fireplace in a stone surround, 4-centred arch head. Roof with remains of cruck
truss. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, December 1972).

Listing NGR: ST3515620792

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17554445

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide