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Ferne-Lea and Cranford and Attached Wall

A Grade II Listed Building in Leek, Staffordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1024 / 53°6'8"N

Longitude: -2.0228 / 2°1'22"W

OS Eastings: 398568

OS Northings: 356130

OS Grid: SJ985561

Mapcode National: GBR 24P.KDQ

Mapcode Global: WHBCH.W9X0

Plus Code: 9C5V4X2G+WV

Entry Name: Ferne-Lea and Cranford and Attached Wall

Listing Date: 14 October 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1268594

English Heritage Legacy ID: 461639

ID on this website: 101268594

Location: Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, ST13

County: Staffordshire

District: Staffordshire Moorlands

Town: Staffordshire Moorlands

Civil Parish: Leek

Built-Up Area: Leek

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

Church of England Parish: Leek St Edward the Confessor

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description


LEEK

SK9856SE FYNNEY STREET 611-1/7/65 (West side) Ferne-Lea and Cranford and attached wall

II

Pair of houses. Dated 1912. By Reginald Longden, architect. Brick with plain-tiled roofs. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 4-window range. Simple Arts and Crafts style, reminiscent of Lutyens. Balanced asymmetry, with outer gables of differing design: Left-hand gable itself asymmetrical, with doorway to right and massive chimney stack anchoring right of gable. Main roof sweeps down to ground floor level to left. Off-centre doorway in stepped round-headed archway. Tripartite mullioned window above. Tall mullioned and transomed stair window in main range to right of gable, and single 3-light mullioned window at first-floor level beyond, with side entrance of Ferne-Lea below. Right hand of range forms wide gabled front of Ferne-Lea: doorway to right in simple chamfered architrave, with 4-light mullioned window on each floor alongside. Windows throughout have leaded panes. Several axial and end wall stacks, all with diamond shafts. Rear elevation has a stronger symmetry, with 2 full-height canted bay windows. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: flanking wall pierced by 2 stilted archways links the building to the adjacent Highbarn (qv).

Listing NGR: SJ9856856129

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