Crockshard Farm, Including Attached Former Stables, Wall And Granary

Crockshard Farm is an 18th-century farmhouse with attached former stables and granary. The property comprises two parallel ranges linked to a former stable at the south-east corner, which connects by a brick wall to a former granary to the east.

The northern range of the farmhouse was extended and refronted in the early 19th century with stucco rendered to imitate masonry, and the south range was linked to 18th-century stabling in the later 19th century. A late 20th-century brick extension to the west is not of special interest. The 18th-century parts of the house are of painted brick; the early 19th-century north range is stuccoed with incised lines and has a slate roof with rendered chimneystack. The 18th-century stables are painted brick with a tiled roof, and the former granary is weatherboarded with a slate roof.

The northern range presents a symmetrical two-storey front of three bays. The first floor has three 16-pane sashes without horns and the ground floor has two cambered tripartite sash windows, each with 20 panes. The central doorcase features panelled reveals, pilasters, paterae and cornice, with a rectangular fanlight of interlocking circles and a six-fielded panelled door. The eastern end retains cambered 16-pane sash windows, though the western end has a mid-19th-century sash with vertical glazing bars only. The rear elevation is a lower range mainly of 18th-century date in painted brick with slate roof and part brick modillion cornice, with surviving 16-pane sashes to the south-west and east sides. The south-east side has a casement window to the upper floor and ground floor casement windows (one with a cambered head lining) flanking a wide 18th-century doorcase with a plank door. A central tile-hung gable contains a multipane sash window to the upper floor and 19th-century casement windows below. The south range has a later 19th-century lean-to extension to the west and a later conservatory to the south-east.

The attached 18th-century stabling range at the south-east is a single storey of painted brick with a half-hipped tiled roof, brick modillion cornice and brick chimney to the north-east. It contains multiple casement windows and stable doors. Attached by a section of brick walling is an early to mid-19th-century granary of 2x2 bay design, weatherboarded with a gabled slate roof on mushroom-shaped saddle stones (now with a brick plinth linking them). It has a central plank door approached by a wooden ladder.

Internally, the northern range has a half-winder staircase with mahogany handrail, stick balusters and column newel. The hall contains several six-panelled doors and the ground floor rooms retain vertical shutters. The western room to the southern range has exposed ceiling beams and an 18th-century cambered brick fireplace. The central room has a diagonally placed ceiling beam. The kitchen has cambered axial beams and a brick fireplace. Several 19th-century fireplaces are present, and a 19th-century built-in cupboard appears in a bedroom in the north wing. The late 19th-century link block to the south-east has kingpost trusses and the upper floor was used for accommodating hirelings.

The interior of the former stables retains a roof with purlin and collar beam and original rafters. The northern room has two brick fireplace openings, exposed floor joists, cobbled floors and a wooden manger. The former granary was not inspected internally.