Crome House

Crome House is an early 18th-century house, originally colourwashed brick with a slate roof, and divided into a doctor’s surgery and flats. It was extended in 1823, with an additional block added to the rear. There may be an earlier wing attached to the east end, characterised by a steep-pitched roof. The house is two storeys and has attics.

The asymmetrical front facade has five windows and a centrally placed raised and fielded six-panel door, set within a moulded timber architrave. A projecting porch features Tuscan columns, pilasters, and an entablature. The windows are mullion and transom style, and some retain wrought iron casements and leaded lights. Flat, gauged brick arches are topped with key blocks. Rusticated brick quoins are present, with capitals at first floor level, although the plat band has been removed. The roof has three wedge dormers and parapet gables. A blocked oculus is visible on the west gable, and end stacks are present. A lower two-window range extends to the east. A 20th-century porch fronts the off-centre entrance. Other features include pargetted fragments, a rendered plat band, and a parapet gable with a gable stack.

The rear elevation has five bays, with central French doors and sash windows, all with gauged brick arches.

Internally, limited 18th-century detail remains, including some two-panelled doors, a section of a winding stair, stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, and ogee stops and chamfers on beams.