numbers 2 to 6
Brook Street, Stoke
These buildings are
situated on the north side of Brook Street which crosses the line of
the culverted Fowlea Brook
- hence the name Brook Street
Terrace of 5 house now in use as offices, all that
remains of a longer row. Yellow brick with stone dressings and
Welsh slate roofs.
2-storeyed raised on a basement, each unit of 2
bays: a narrow bay with doorway in recessed porch and a wider
gabled bay with full height canted bay windows. Each unit is a
mirror image of its neighbour, with paired entrances in a single
arched recess.
Stuccoed 2-centred arch to porches, Gothic
traceried panels to inner doors, and mullioned and transomed
windows over (some renewed), and stone mullioned and transomed
lights to bay windows. Coped gables and parapet eaves. Axial
stacks (renewed).
Entrances approached up steps with cast-iron
railings which return along the frontages. The houses were part of
a controlled development by the church aimed at attracting the
wealthy to live in Stoke.
