Crownland Hall

Crownland Hall is a 17th-century house, built in two distinct phases. It stands on a large, rectangular, moated site. The earlier section, aligned north-south, is timber-framed and rendered, with end chimney stacks. One stack has two short attached barrel shafts on a rectangular base, and the north stack forms part of a brick gable end with two original 2-light windows to the ground and first floors, and a central window at the apex, all with hollow-chamfered brick mullions, now blocked. On the east side of this range are four flat-headed dormers with lead cheeks, and several 3-light diamond-leaded casement windows. The first floor has three 12-pane sash windows in cased frames, one blank, and similar windows are on the ground floor, along with two half-glazed doors with flat bracketed pediments. Inside, exposed edge-set ceiling joists are visible at the south end of the ground floor, while the rest of the ceiling is boxed-in. The roof, partly exposed, has windbraces and stepped butt purlins.

The later range, aligned east-west and constructed in colour-washed red brick in English bond, is joined to the earlier range forming an L-shaped plan. This range has three 12-pane sash windows on the upper floor, and one 16-pane and one 20-pane window on the ground floor, all with segmental arches to frames and surrounds, set in deep reveals. A 19th-century brick porch with a half-glazed inner door is present. The rear wall of the original range boasts two matching external stacks, each featuring three high attached octagonal shafts on bases decorated with diaper-patterned brick. An early 19th-century two-storey brick extension with a shallow-pitched roof now serves as a corridor along the south side, incorporating the chimney stacks internally. The extension has three 12-pane sash windows on the upper floor and five 16-pane windows on the ground floor, all with deep reveals and segmental arches. A Doric portico with fluted columns stands before a half-glazed door, which is now blocked.

The interior of the later range is primarily from the early 19th century, featuring an entrance hall with an open string staircase, bracketed tread-ends, stick balusters, a wreathed handrail, six-panelled doors (two with panelled architraves and linings), panelled window-shutters, a cast-iron grate with Egyptian decoration, and boxed-in ceiling beams. The attic roof has two rows of butt purlins, cambered collars, and rafter assembly marks.