Croft House

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SE2627SE LS27 11/38

MORLEY RODS MILLS LANE (west side) Croft House

(Formerly listed as House occupied as offices by Rentokil Ltd.)

GV II

House and attached cottage, now offices. Cottage late C18, house probably early C19. Hammer-dressed stone, felt roof to house, stone slate roof to cottage. Two-storey front, cottage three storeys to rear. House, has five-bay symmetrical facade. Plinth, band, eaves cornice. Central three bays break forward slightly under triangular pedimented gable. Doorway up steps has fanlight with architrave flanked by engaged Doric columns, entablature and dentil cornice. All windows have flat arches. First floor has sill band to central three bays, outer bays have projecting sills. Hipped roof. Cottage on right, slightly set back, has doorway with tie-stone jambs to left of two bays of three-light flat-faced mullioned windows with slightly recessed mullions, first bay has window to first floor altered to two lights with inserted window to either side.

House: rear has tall central stairwindow retaining twenty four-pane sash. Left-hand return has two bays of windows similar to front. Attached to rear right of cottage is two-storey, two-bay range with three-light windows and central doorway with tie-stone jambs.

Interior: House: stair-hall has cantilevered stone stair with cast-iron balusters.

Listing NGR: SE2669727395