Crawshaw Hall

Crawshaw Hall is a large house dating to 1831, as indicated by a rainwaterhead at the south-east corner. It is constructed of ashlar with a low-pitched, lead-clad roof hidden behind a parapet. The building has a rectangular, triple-pile plan and stands two and three storeys high, all to a uniform height. The architectural style is a mix of Georgian and Gothic elements, incorporating embattled turrets and sash windows with hoodmoulds.

The north and south facades, each six bays wide, feature slim, octagonal corner turrets with battlements rising above the parapet. The parapet on both fronts contains two steps, each displaying shields. The north entrance front presents a wide, symmetrical, three-bay, two-storey main facade. This includes a single-storey canted porch with Gothic-style glazed and panelled doors, a fanlight with intersecting glazing bars, a moulded Tudor arch flanked by thin buttresses, and an embattled parapet. A shorter, three-bay, three-storey service wing extends to the right, with a central door and square windows.

The south front, facing the garden, is symmetrical and two storeys high. An offset, three-bay, two-storey canted bay is positioned to the right, flanked by turrets and featuring buttresses that terminate in pinnacles above the parapet; it has tall cross windows on the ground floor and sash windows above. To the left is a round-headed doorway with two glazed panels and a plain fanlight, accompanied by two plate-glass fixed windows at ground floor, and three sash windows above. A single window appears on each floor to the right. The east side wall is constructed in matching style.

Inside, a lateral entrance hallway features a black and white diamond-pattern marble floor, which opens onto parallel side passages. One of these passages contains a dog-legged stone staircase. The interior retains very elaborate and complete Gothic-style decorations, notably in the study, drawing room, and dining room. The study features windows with carved ivy-leaf openwork surrounds. The drawing room has a moulded plaster frieze and cornice, carved pelmets to windows, a foliated ceiling rose, and a fireplace with an ogee-shaped carved stone surround, crocketed and pinnacled, with candlesticks on pinnacles. The opposite end walls contain mirrors with carved canopies. The dining room exhibits simpler but related decoration, including double doors with Gothic panelling.