Cruck House is a Grade II* listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1970. House. 2 related planning applications.
Cruck House
- WRENN ID
- worn-eave-autumn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1970
- Type
- House
- Address
- Cruck House, Stowe Street, WS13 6AF
- OS grid reference
- SK 120 099
- Coordinates
- 52.6868, -1.82262
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cruck House is a house that now serves as an old people's day centre. It likely dates from the late 15th century or early 16th century and was restored in 1971. The building features a timber frame and a dressed stone plinth with a tiled roof. It has a two-bay cruck construction and is a single storey with a half loft. There are two windows with two lights each, along with an upper window that has three lights, all featuring leaded glazing.
On the left side, there is a cruck truss with a tie beam, cruck spurs, a collar, and a yoke with a short king post. This side also has two windows with two lights each and a three-light window above. The right side is similar, with braces to the king post and a two-plus-two-light window on the ground floor. At the rear, there is an entrance with a 20th-century glazed porch that connects to a terrace behind, along with two two-plus-two-light windows and one two-light window. Some timber has been renewed, particularly the sill plates and rear framing.
Inside, there is a cruck truss with upper framing that is partly filled in, and a 20th-century partition below. The building has single purlins with wind braces and a chamfered beam beneath the loft. Cruck House is a rare survival in the Lichfield area and has been restored to its original form, having formed two cottages before its restoration and conversion.
Local climate
Cruck House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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