Cragg Hall

Cragg Hall is a house dating from 1693, with possible remains from the 17th century. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with a stone slate roof. The building has an unusual plan, featuring a gable entry and a long front range creating a double-depth design, complemented by three short, parallel roofs at the rear. The house stands three stories high and exhibits two molded drip courses.

The windows on the ground and first floors are double-chamfered. To the left of the facade is a blocked window, followed by a single-light window, and then four two-light windows, with the sills having been lowered. On the first floor, there is a blocked window to the left, and further to the right, two two-light windows. A third window has been altered, retaining blocked surrounds to the left and right. The four windows on the second floor have rebated and chamfered surrounds, with their central mullions removed. A 19th-century doorway, located to the right of the second two-light window, has a chamfered surround.

The gables are capped with copings, including kneelers, and chimneys with weathered offsets and molded cornices. The original doorway is situated within the west gable wall. It possesses a molded surround with a shaped lintel inscribed "1693 WB IB". The lintel is flanked by detached inverted console brackets and incorporates a broken segmental pediment. Within the pediment is an attached ball finial with a base inscribed "HB." Above the doorway, the first and second floors each feature a cross window, characterized by a flat-faced mullion and transom, a cyma-moulded surround, and a cornice.

The west wall of the rear wing contains a three-light window on each floor, with the upper window exhibiting a stepped central light. Inside, the main room includes a wide fireplace with a molded segmental arch, and adjacent to it is a molded doorway, now blocked, that originally provided access to the lobby, which served as the main entrance. The rear wall of this room contains two chamfered doorways—one now blocked, leading to the kitchen, and the other leading to the stair hall. The rear wall of the kitchen has a wide fireplace, somewhat altered. The open-well staircase features a closed string and barley-sugar balusters. Historical records from the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (RCHM) suggest that the main fireplace may have replaced a firehood and that the dividing wall between the two front rooms was originally timber-framed.