Description

HUSBORNE CRAWLEY CRAWLEY PARK
SP 9536 + SP 9535

10/27 & 12/27 Crawley House
22.10.52
- II *

Small country house. 1777-8, reworked 1806. Red brick with clay tiled Mansard
roof. Double-pile plan, 2 storeys and attics. S elevation: first floor of
earlier part has 1:3:1 sash windows with glazing bars under gauged brick flat
arches. Ground floor has 2 canted bays of 1806 which overlap into central bay
and contain sash windows with glazing bars under gauged brick heads. Central
bay projects slightly and is surmounted by triangular pediment containing
semi-circular window in tympanum. Attic has 2 box dormers containing sashes.
Central doorway contains part-glazed double doors surmounted by semi-circular
fanlight with radiating ornamental glazing bars. Surround has half-columns
supporting broken pediment.LH bay added 1806, with canted bay to ground floor,
2 sash windows to first floor, and box dormer to attic. Wood modillion
cornice and plain stone-coped parapet extend across complete elevation. Red
brick gable end stacks to both ends. Red brick ridge stacks, originally LH
gable end stacks of earlier building. N elevation: earlier part has 2
Venetian windows to each floor. Central 6 panel door and rectangular fanlight
under flat cornice hood. Interior: drawing room retains decoration of 1806 in
Egyptian style. Marble chimney-piece carved with trophies of musical
instruments, surmounted by mirror with anthemion frieze and female heads to
surround. Moulded dado and cornice. Pilasters adjacent to bay window have
"Tower of the Winds" capitals. Upper part of walls divided into panels with
border decorations of sphinxes and mummies.

Rev. E. Y. Orlebar, "Regency Decoration and Furniture at Crawley
House",Country Life, Jan 20th 1923.

Listing NGR: SP9533036002

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551364

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Recommended Books

• 
  Nottinghamshire (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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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets