Description

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SD 41 NE
8/90

CROSTON,
TOWN ROAD,
No. 57

(Formerly listed as No. 57 (Westminster Bank))

17.4.67

GV II

House, now office. Probably late C18, altered. Handmade brick, stone slate roof. L-shaped: single-depth 3-bay front, with rear wing attached at right side. Two storeys, almost symmetrical, with gable end chimneys; doorway offset left of centre with wooden surround composed of fluted jambs or pilasters and triangular head imitating a pediment; 2 segmental-headed 16-pane windows on each floor and a blocked window in the centre of the 1st floor, all the upper windows with keystones in gauged brick heads. Right gable has remains of a 1st floor band, a lean-to porch in the angle with the projecting rear wing; this wing has inter alia stone quoins at ground floor towards the rear, and beyond this a stable (added). Rear: 4-pane sashed stairlight, a 2-light casement at ground floor and two 2-light casements above. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SD4896218510

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26457426

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version