Cranfield Court

Cranfield Court is a group of almshouses designed as flats, built between 1938 and 1939 by Cautley and Barefoot for the Cranfield family charitable settlement. The building is constructed of red brick with brick dressings that include narrow bricks and tiles, and it features plain-tile roofs with ornamental brick stacks, all in a Vernacular Revival style.

The structure has a long U-shaped plan with canted sides and a wing at the rear left, standing two storeys tall. The front is marked by ten single and paired facing gables, with roofs that extend down to create pentice roofs over the ground-floor windows. The entrances are accentuated by finely ornamented piers that form porches for part-glazed doors, and the walls display enriched brickwork panels.

The windows consist of 4-light leaded casements, with similar 3-light windows positioned between the gables. Internal flights of steps provide access to the upper floors, and the ornamental stacks are primarily located beside the gables, contributing to the carefully designed facade. The central axis features an open arch with piers that leads to the Lych-gate entrance on the road. The unaltered rear of the building has similar windows and doors, with slightly projecting paired hipped gables at intervals.

Cranfield Court, along with Nos. 29-34, the Lodge, and the Lych-gate, forms a significant group of 1930s almshouses.