Building record 0105700000 - THE BRILLS, BROOK END

Plan Form - Rectangular.
The Black Horse Inn, formerly a farmhouse, and said to have been a Quaker meeting house, is a long rectangular building of two storeys and an attic, possibly of C15th origins. The walls are timber-framed with wattle and daub filling, partly replaced by brick. The roof is thatched. One chimney stack is of ca.1600. Condition - Fairly good (B2).
Evidence for C15 origin limited to pair of curved principals (B3).
Grade II. House, formerly a farmhouse and the Black Horse Inn. C15 hall house, altered C16, C17 and later, restored after fire in 1960's. Timber framed with rendered and brick infill, all painted white. Thatched roof, hipped at each end, 3 brick stacks. 2-storeys, modern door in centre with small hood on brackets, three 3-light casements to ground floor, 5 irregular upper casements, that to RH cut up into thatch. Interior. Exposed timber framing including the original hall truss, arch-braced base cruck, now with a wall infilling it, visible on the 1st floor. History: once used as an early Quaker Meeting House. (RCHM I.p.316 MON.21. Antiquaries Journal Vol. 52, 1972, p.132) (B4).
'The Brills' a house on S side of road, timber-framed with a thatched roof, built in the 15th century, was the site of Quaker meetings in the 17th century. In October 1689 a meeting-house certificate was issued for 'the orchard of George Brill's house' and a meeting house believed to have stood S of the house existed until early 19th century. A burial-ground 100 yards distant is also recorded (B6)
Base cruck identified. Source: Antiq. J. 52, 1972, 132. N.W. Alcock and M.W. Barley (B7).
In use as a public house from 1873; closed between 1915 and 1918. (B8).