Description

SD 82 SW RAWTENSTALL (off) HASLINGDEN ROAD

6/201 Cribden House School
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- II

Large house, formerly known as Brynbella, for Whitehead family, later C19, now
school. Sandstone ashlar (rock-faced rear), hipped slate roof. Double-pile
4-bay plan. Two storeys, in classical style, with rusticated quoins
(vermiculated at ground floor), string courses on 2 levels, modillioned
cornice. Symmetrical garden front (east) with 2-bay centre breaking forwards,
4 French windows at ground floor, all with panelled jambs, consoles and
pediments, those in the centre segmental, and at 1st floor 4-pane sashes with
lugged architraves. Two-bay left return wall matches centre of garden front.
Re-entrant angle with service part to rear (also to drive) contains square
porch with channelled rustication, round headed doorway in one side and
matching window in other side, and balustraded parapet. Interior: staircase
and decorations contemporary with building.

Listing NGR: SD8007122396

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26328690

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)