The Cranhams

The Cranhams is a house, believed to have been built in 1838, with additions dating to the mid-19th century and late 19th century. The main part of the house is constructed of coursed squared limestone with ashlar dressings to the front, left side and rear, while the right side is of coursed squared limestone rubble. It has a stone slate hipped roof with heavily projecting eaves and ashlar stacks to the left and right sides, the left stack being rebuilt. The original 1838 range is three storeys high, with a basement, and has a three-window front. The first floor has three eight-over-eight pane sash windows with projecting stone sills. The second floor features three four-over-four pane sash windows, similarly detailed. The ground floor has two twelve-over-twelve pane sash windows with horns and projecting sills. The central front door has six flush panels and a single-pane overlight in a plain reveal. The house includes a vermiculated ashlar plinth and band courses over the first and second floors. A late 19th-century extension to the left features a two-storey canted bay with four pairs of plate glass sashes on each floor, a vermiculated ashlar plinth, and heavy moulded cornices above the ground and first floors, along with a blocking course. Various C19 casements and sashes are found on the left side and rear elevations.

The interior, inspected only on the ground and basement floors, exhibits reeded architraves and six-panel doors. A simple 19th-century marble fireplace is located on the right side of the ground floor, whilst a late 19th/early 20th century fireplace exists on the left. The rear right ground floor room has a 19th century stone chimneypiece with reeded pilasters, acanthus leaf capitals, and a frieze featuring swags. A cantilevered stone dog-leg staircase connects the ground to the first floors, with stick balusters, an oak grip handrail, and a run cornice to the staircase hall. The staircase continues in stone to the basement. The basement front left room contains a simple beaded stone fireplace, while the basement rear room has a large chamfered stone fireplace.