The Croft

TL 8430-8530 COLNE ENGAINE THE GREEN (west side)

7/16 The Croft

GV II

House. C16, altered in C19. Timber framed, mainly clad with white brick in Flemish bond, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 2-bay range with underbuilt long jetty facing S, with an internal stack at each end. Early C16 2-bay crosswing to left, late C16 2-bay crosswing to right. Large Victorian 2-storey extension of yellow brick to rear right, the same brick extended along the right return of the right crosswing. C20 single-storey lean-to extension with slate roof to rear left. 2 storeys. Ground floor, 4 C20 sashes and one C19 sash with marginal lights. First floor, 3 C20 sashes and one similar C19 sash. French windows. The date 1600 is inscribed in the plaster of the gablet above the right crossing. An inscription 'C.R.P. 1840' in the plaster to the rear of the central range (enclosed by the Victorian extension) refers to the then owner, C.R. Pudney. Jowled posts throughout, and plain joists of horizontal section where exposed. The middle range has a chamfered tiebeam with runout stops and one straight brace exposed, another concealed in a cupboard at the right end; roof rebuilt in C17. The left crosswing has a crownpost roof with axial bracing, and a chamfered binding beam with step stops. The right crosswing has a clasped purlin roof with arched wind-bracing, and a chamfered binding beam with plain stops and empty mortices for a central partition. Early C19 stair with slender turned balusters, complete on the first floor, missing alternately on the ground floor. This house was used as a parish poorhouse until the 1830s; the white brick facing was added soon afterwards.

Listing NGR: TL8506830527