Cranhill

Cranhill is a detached house, now serving as a home for the elderly, built in the late 18th century with additions from the mid-19th century. The materials used include limestone ashlar and rubblestone on the right side, topped with a hipped slate roof featuring moulded stacks. The building has a double-depth plan, with a stepped-forward left wing and rear additions from the 19th century.

The exterior showcases a two-phase front with a symmetrical nine-bay section that includes a central canted bay, along with a projecting three-bay left wing. The house stands two storeys high, featuring a coped parapet and a cornice that extends to the right. A ground floor cornice and lintel frieze continue onto the left wing, which has its own hipped roof and stacks on either side. The main block features a taller, shallow three-storey canted entrance bay from the 19th century, complete with a pavilion roof, low coped parapet, cornice, and six-over-six pane sash windows on the second floor. The first floor has a coved cornice and tall plate glass windows. On the ground floor, there is a platband above a stone doorcase with a shallow-pitched gable, a segmental arch, and double three-panel doors flanked by similar windows. Other front windows are plate glass sashes with sliding louvred shutters.

A flight of stone steps leads from the lawn to the entrance bay. The house was owned by Mr. H. Atwood in July 1794, likely linked to the builder Thomas Warr Atwood, and has undergone numerous alterations in recent years.