Description

ST GENNYS CRACKINGTON HAVEN
SX 19 NE
5/43 Nancemellan

II

House. 1905. Whitewashed, rendered, slate gabled roof. Vernacular revival house.
Deep rectangular plan with outshut at rear. 2 storeys and attic. 3 window range
gabled to left with massive lateral stack with set-offs rising from the right hand
side of the gable. Porch and bay window to right of stack under slated pent roof.
Door with strap hinges terminating in tulip finials and Suffolk latch with grasp
handle and heart-shaped bracket to left. Remainder of the windows in segmental-
headed openings with segmentally arched hoodmoulds all with 3-light casements with
small panes. Right hand return has wide gable end and large stack off-centre with
2 small fire window slits at base. Similar segmentally arched window openings with
casements. The left hand return has gable end facing sea swept down at left over
rear outshut. Some of the ground floor windows have missing glazing bars. Rooms
ground floor left and centre have ceiling beams and elaborately panelled doors, the
door frame jambs terminating in Mackintosh-influenced projecting moulded finials.
Ground floor room left has slate fireplace with granite lintel. Ground floor room
right and first floor rooms have Ludlow-moulded cornices. First-floor fireplaces
blocked. Fireplaces in servants bedrooms in attic have variety of small fireplaces
with art nouveau decoration.

Listing NGR: SX1506796754

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26430521

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback