Description

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5379 LONDON ROAD

Crane Hall
TM 1444 5/504

II

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Late C16 timber framed house encased in brick (painted) in C19 and with circa 1840
port range and rear wing also painted brick and forming L-shaped plan.

The front range of circa 1840 has low pitched Welsh slate roof with wide eaves and
gabled ends. Two storeys. Three bays, centre gabled projection. Quoin plasters and
plain brick entablature band under eaves. Left and right two storeyed wooden canted
bays with sashes. Central doorway with cornice hood on console brackets and with
sash above. All sashes have glazing bars.

Parallel range at rear is original late C16 timber framed house, faced in C19 painted
brick and with steeply pitched welsh slate roof with gabled ends and central brick
ridge stack, two storeys, first floor two old casements with leaded panes.

Interior: four of the original five bays remain with hall, parlour and service area,
all floored. The ceiling of the hall has roll moulded chamfer with stops and multiple-
roll mouldings to the joists. Roof structure seems to be complete though concealed.

Listing NGR: TM1440844149

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26530097

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments