Description

GRAMPOUND
SW 94 NW WITH CREED

5/1 Creed House
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GV II

House, now two houses. Early - mid C19, with additions of later C19 and few later
alterations. Stone rubble; rendered and lined out. Hipped slurried scantle slate
roof with ridge tiles. The rear range has a slate roof with ridge tiles and gable
ends. Stacks to sides of the main range with rendered shafts.
Plan: Double depth plan. 2 principal rooms on the garden front and an entrance on
the right side to a stair hall, probably originally with service rooms behind that.
Later in the C19, a range was added to the left side which extended into a large
service range and courtyard at the rear.
Exterior: 2 storeys; on the garden front, there are three C19 16-pane sashes at
ground and first floors; gable end to left with C19 12-pane sash with sidelights at
ground floor, C19 16-pane sash with keystone at first floor. Asymmetrical entrance
front at the right hand side with a late C19 porch with flat roof and pilasters,
half-glazed C19 door with pilasters and fanlight with radial glazing bars and margin
glazing; C19 8-panelled inner door. Above, a large C19 25-pane sash with round arch
and radial glazing bars. At the left side, the end of the main range is to right,
has hipped roof, with C19 16-pane sash at first floor to left. The service wing is
rendered; first floor has C19 2-light casement, two 12-pane sashes and 16-pane sash.
Ground floor has C20 3-light casement, door and C20 window and C19 12-pane sash. At
the rear, to left there is a 12-pane sash and C20 door at ground floor; two C19 12-
pane sashes at first floor. Set back to right is the 2-storey service wing; at the
front, this has at ground floor a 3-light C20 casement, C20 door and C19 12-pane
sash; pitched hood over the door to left. At first floor there are two C19 12-pane
sashes. The angle between the main range and the wing is enclosed at a small
courtyard by a slatestone rubble wall, about 3 metres high, with slate coping, and
with two doorways with plank doors. The end of the wing has half-hipped roof with
C19 4-pane sash at first floor and 12-pane sash at attic level.
Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW9366247206

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26612824

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)