Crawford House

Crawford House is a house dating from the late 17th century that was refronted around 1800 and has late 19th-century features. It is constructed of limestone rubble and stock brick, topped with steeply pitched canted, hipped double ridge roofs made of Collyweston tiles, featuring brick eaves and two lateral stacks. The building has two storeys with an attic and a five-bay early 19th-century east front that sits on a high stone plinth from the 17th century.

The central porch projects slightly and includes a pediment, pilasters, a fanlight with radiating spokes, and a panelled reveal with a door. On either side of the porch are two plain cross casements, with five similar windows above. There are three gabled dormers with plain sashes. Attached at right angles to the left side is a wall running eastwards, which features a gateway that incorporates many medieval sculptured fragments, likely from Crowland Abbey.

The north front is made of 17th-century rubble and has a doorway to the right with an overlight and a partially glazed door. Beyond this is a segmental-headed window filled with mesh, and to the left of the doorway is a plain sash, with two additional plain sashes above, all three featuring wooden lintels.

Inside, there is a room to the west with late 18th-century fielded panelling. The staircase, dating from around 1800, has two flights with an open well and a break on the half landing leading to the east. It features turned bannisters, a moulded handrail, and a fielded panelled dado. A room to the north contains late 18th-century panelling, said to be imported, with fluted pilasters and two semi-circular headed corner cupboards with keystones and fluted pilasters, along with fielded panelling. Most other rooms have plain late 19th-century and early 20th-century panelling.