Oswaldcroft

Oswaldcroft is a house that was originally a Catholic residential home, built between 1845 and 1847 by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. The garden front was added in 1866 by Edward Welby Pugin. The building is constructed of stone and has a roof made of hexagonal slates. It stands two storeys tall with an attic and features seven bays. The end bays project under gables and have end stacks. The windows are arranged irregularly, with a notable four-light stair window in the second bay that includes a king mullion, transom, and traceried heads. The second bay has narrow lights, while the third bay features a cross window with a three-light window above it. The fourth bay also has a cross window, and the fifth bay contains narrow windows. There are two gabled roof dormers and one additional gabled dormer. Most windows have small-paned casements, and the stair window includes stained glass.

To the left of the stair window, there is a porch with a pointed entrance and a shield in the gable. The garden front has seven bays, with the end bays projecting under gables and a central bay window that is placed irregularly. The ground floor features cross windows to the left of the entrance, while those to the right have mullions, transoms, and pointed heads, all with label moulds. The first bay has cross windows with a buttress, and between them is a canted oriel flanked by shields and ornamented panels, one of which is dated. The end bay has a two-storey canted bay with a hipped slate roof, featuring 1;3;1-light windows with pointed heads. The first floor has two and three-light windows in the central bay, and the first bay has a two-light pointed attic window, with another two-light attic window in the end bay and three roof dormers in between. The building has three clustered stacks along the cross axis and an end stack.

Inside, the entrance hall features encaustic tiles with a heraldic crest and the initials "HS." The stair and gallery have curved balusters, and two rooms facing the garden have stop-chamfered beams, with one retaining stencilling. There are also two stone fireplaces. The building has some 20th-century extensions.