The Croft

The Croft is a house dating back to the 16th century, substantially rebuilt in the 18th century and altered in the mid-20th century. The exterior is rendered, topped with a sprocketed 20th-century pantile roof, and features a mid-20th-century twisted ridge stack and a large external gable stack constructed of coursed and squared rubble with a mid-19th-century brick plinth and stalks. The house is two storeys high and three bays wide. The windows are a mix of 19th-century casements and sashes, along with 20th-century casements, all set within rendered blocked surrounds. The west front has a central door flanked by single casements; above are three sashes. At the rear, the left side has two casements, while the right side features a 20th-century lean-to porch. Above, the left side has a Yorkshire sash, the centre a leaded casement, and the right side a 20th-century casement. The north gable has a casement on each floor. To the left of the north gable is a single-storey lean-to outbuilding with a door. To its left is a late 20th-century single-bay bungalow. According to local tradition, the house was the birthplace of Huntingdon Smythson, an architect, and his father, the architect John Smythson, resided there.