Cranford

Cranford is a house built in 1903 for J.T. Steel, with enlargements made in 1907 and 1913. The structure is made of brick with sandstone dressings, featuring a pebble-dashed first floor and some timber framing. It has a red clay tiled roof and brick chimneys, showcasing a restrained Arts and Crafts style.

The main south front is one and a half storeys high and consists of four bays, with the outer bays being cross-gabled. A projecting gabled porch is located in the second bay, featuring canted ground-floor angles and a half-glazed double door with original bullseye panes. This door is set within a four-centred-arched surround that has stepped lintel moulding and a hoodmould supported by carved stops. The timber-framed first floor rests on a brattished bressumer and includes a canted oriel on a carved bracket, with a latticed iron casement. The structure also features a carved tie-beam and bargeboards with a pendant. The left bay jetties out and has an Atlas corner bracket. The windows are multiple-light, with stone-mullioned windows on the ground floor, and the upper window to the right of the porch is a flat-headed dormer, all featuring latticed iron casements. The chimneys are banded and placed irregularly.

The left return of the house displays a wood verandah with three keyed elliptical arches supported by square columns, a balustrade, and a swept tiled roof. The wide gabled left bay, added in 1907, is timber-framed above the ground floor and features a central Ipswich-style oriel and carved bargeboards. An elongated hexagonal stack with a multi-stepped cornice is located on the left.

Inside, the stair in the porch has pierced flat balusters. The entrance hall includes a fireplace from 1913 and a conversation corner. The morning room features a carved bressumer, while the lounge has a carved stone fireplace and a walnut chimney piece. There is exposed timber framing at the junction of the 1903 and 1907 wings, and the ceilings have plaster motifs and raised borders in a 16th or early 17th-century style. The entrance hall and morning room inglenook contain attractive original stained glass windows. A bathroom from the 1930s is also present.