Farmstead record COK 060 - Farmstead: Brook Farm

Brook Farm is a farmstead visible on the 1st Ed Os map. The farmstead is laid out in a regular courtyard L plan. The farmhouse is detached and set away from the yard. The farmstead sits alongside a private track in a loose farmstead cluster. This farmstead survives intact with conversion for residential use. (S2-5)

19th C timber-framed threshing barn of 3 bays in the grounds of a 16th C farmhouse. The barn contains a large number of re-used timbers, dating from the 14th to the 18th centuries. It has been interpreted that the 16th C timbers would have come from a 16th C barn that once stood at the site (S1).

Recorded as part of the Farmsteads in the Suffolk Countryside Project. This is a purely desk-based study and no site visits were undertaken. These records are not intended to be a definitive assessment of these buildings. Dating reflects their presence at a point in time on historic maps and there is potential for earlier origins to buildings and farmsteads. This project highlights a potential need for a more in depth field study of farmstead to gather more specific age data.