Listed Building record MDR182 - Brook House Farm and Barn, Ridge Lane, Chapel-en-le-Frith

SK 043 784: Brook House Farm: Brook House Farm was once a brewery. The adjoining building may have been used as a cotton mill for boot making. (1, 2) Old Brook House is a grade II listed farmhouse dating to the 18th century, but incorporating elements of a 17th century dwelling, with later 19th century alterations. See list description for more details. (3, 4) The barn at Brook House Farm is a grade II listed farm outbuilding dating from the late 17th century, with 18th and 19th century alterations and additions, and further extension in the 20th century. An inventory for the adjacent Brook House Farmhouse of 1681 refers to 'the new barn'. A complex, multi-purpose farm building, the form and adaptation of which demonstrates changing patterns of agriculture in this part of upland Derbyshire. (5)