Brook Cottages fire 2009

At 1603. on Sunday January 4th 2009, more than 100 firefighters were called out after fire broke out at a 300-year-old thatched house in the High Street. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service were called  Brook Cottages are a listed building comprising two houses; another house with a thatched roof, Hockley Cottage, is linked by a narrow walkway; firemen struggled to prevent the blaze from spreading to the other buildings.; it is listed as one of Hampshire’s Historic Treasures.