Crosland Hall

Crosland Hall is a large house, originally dating from the early 17th century. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with a pitched stone slate roof. The oldest part of the building has a twin-gabled front. A central doorway, featuring a moulded surround and a shallow-arched monolithic head, indicates that it was originally built as a single dwelling. The building may have been divided into two units within a century of its construction, as the two flanking doors appear to be either 17th or early 18th century, with chamfered surrounds and hoodmoulds. All windows have double hollow-chamfered reveals and hoodmoulds, each containing a sash window. The west gable features a five-light mullioned and transomed window on the first floor and a seven-light mullioned and transomed window on the ground floor. The east gable has a single six-light mullioned and transomed window on each floor, and a central first-floor window with two lights, divided by a mullion. Two stone gargoyles are positioned at the valley of the roof and at the west end of the west gable, suggesting a possible third gable further west. A tall stack is located at the east end.

The rear elevation mirrors the gable arrangement on the front. The first floor has one five-light stone mullioned window in each gable, and a three-light stone mullioned window in the centre. The ground floor has a six-light stone mullioned and transomed window in the east gable, partially obscured by a one-storey extension with a pitched roof, likely dating from the 18th or 19th century. This extension has a rear elevation featuring a range of four-light stone mullioned windows of the same style as the rest of the house; the mullions in this section are of 18th-century square-sectioned design. At the rear, there is a single three-light and a single two-light window on the first floor, and a two-light window on the first floor at the east end, along with a blocked loading door and gable window. The extension’s gable end has coped gables with moulded kneelers. This building is of group value due to its significant architectural and historic interest.