Crows Cottage

SJ 5024-5124 13/20

CLIVE C.P. HIGH STREET (north side)

No. 7 (Crows Cottage)

II

House. Early C18. Dressed grey Grinshill sandstone; slate roof. T-plan. One storey and attic. Chamfered plinth (rendered to front), plat band, moulded stone eaves cornice and parapeted gable ends with chamfered copings and moulded kneelers. Pair of gabled semi dormers with 2-light casements. Large external stone end stacks, that to left with moulded cornice and rendered brick addition and that to right partly rebuilt in C20 concrete block; integral stone end stack to rear wing. 2-window front; mid- to late C19 wooden cross windows with stepped triple keystones (central keys flush with plat bands); central 4-panelled door with triple keystone and gabled timber porch. Interior: right- hand ground-floor room with chamfered beam and joists and large open fireplace with large chamfered cambered wooden lintel. Early C18 oak staircase with winders at top, open string, 2 turned balusters per tread, moulded handrail, and square-section newel posts, that at top with finial. Large open kitchen fireplace in rear wing. Front door with C18 strap hinges; wooden screen between right-hand ground-floor room and staircase incorporating doors with C18 strap hinges and H- hinges; first-floor doors with 3 raised and fielded panels.

Listing NGR: SJ5123124262