Craddock House

ST 01 SE UFFCULME CRADDOCK 4/169 Craddock House 5.4.66 - II Substantial country house. Early C19, with some later additions. Probably brick, stuccoed; hipped slate roof. Plan: the principal rooms are arranged around a central hall that rises the full height of the house, a central imperial stair giving access to a gallery serving the first floor rooms. The service rooms comprise the rear portion of the main block, and are divided from the principal rooms by a corridor to each floor, set lengthwise, and served by stairs at either end. Front and service rooms are heated by lateral stacks, the middle rooms by axial stacks placed to either side of the main stairs. Courtyard and ancillary buildings lie behind the main block. Front bays and antechamber to porch probably a little later. 2 storeys. Exterior: parapet with moulded cornice throughout. Front: symmetrical, 3 bays. Central bay, with 1 first floor 12-pane hornless sash window, with a portico of 4 Ionic columns and a central panelled door with pilasters and rectangular overlight. To either side are 2-storey canted bays with three 12- pane hornless sash windows to each floor. Left-hand elevation: 2:4:2 window bays, the central bays projecting; 12-pane hornless sash windows to first floor; ground floor central bays with 3 French windows; continuous loggia with Ionic columns. Extending to the rear is a lower wall (rising to first floor level) with 3 false sash windows, and which conceals the courtyard. Right-hand elevation: 2:3:2 bays, similar to left-hand elevation, but with no loggia. A later single-storeyed extension has been added accommodating the present kitchen, with horned sash windows. Interior: entrance to stairhall from vestibule marked by a pair of Ionic columns; imperial stair with stick balusters, fluted newels and ramped rail,"with Vitruvian scroll to string. These features are continued around the gallery, which has, in addition, 2 Corinthian columns set above the entrance. Rectangular skylight with side windows; all ceilings panelled; moulded architraves to panelled doors throughout. Principal rooms with plaster cornices of various designs and some good chimmneypieces; especially noteworthy amongst the latter is that to the front right-hand room, of white marble, the mantelpiece with swag to frieze supported by semi-naked caryatids, and another to the rear left-hand room (morning room), also of marble, the frieze with attic scenes supported by caryatids. Contemporary joinery includes panelled doors and internal shutters.

Listing NGR: ST0863612246