41, Cricketers Lane

This is an early 18th-century house, extended in the mid-19th century and the 20th century. It is timber-framed and has been clad in weatherboarding, with a roof of handmade red clay tiles and slate. The main part of the house faces southwest, featuring an original external stack on the left and a smaller, 19th-century external stack on the right. A parallel range of the same length was added to the rear in the mid-19th century, with an axial internal stack on the left side. Two long, single-story lean-to extensions, one on either side of the front range, enclose the stacks. A small, single-story wing sits at the rear center, with a 20th-century conservatory extending beyond.

The front elevation has a ground-floor bay window of 20th-century sashes, and a first-floor window of the early 19th century, with handmade glass. A central 20th-century door is sheltered by a flat canopy supported on profiled brackets. A replica Sun firemark is affixed to the upper left side of the front elevation. The front range has a hipped roof tiled on one side, and the rear range has a gabled roof clad in unusual grey slates. The left lean-to has a 20th-century sash window, while the right lean-to has double vehicle doors—both are covered by slate roofs. The rear of the parallel range has a ground-floor casement and two mid-19th-century sashes with long vertical panes, mirrored on the first floor by three similar sashes. A single sash window on the rear of the left lean-to is from the early to mid-19th century.

Inside, the right-hand ground-floor room features a chamfered hardwood axial beam and exposed plain vertical section joists. The left-hand ground-floor room has two 19th-century scrolled corbels, which support the lintel of an inserted bay, along with a 19th-century cast-iron reeded fireplace and ducknest grate, set into an original hearth. The left lean-to has a 19th-century plain white marble fireplace and a cast-iron grate. A 19th-century corner cupboard with three profiled shelves and four original doors is found in the left front first-floor room.

Historical records indicate the original construction date was 1736, confirmed by court records and a coin from the same year. From 1839 to around 1906, the building operated as a beerhouse named “The Cricketers,” which gave its name to the lane—the left extension served as the ballroom.