Croft House

Croft House is a large detached house that dates from the late 18th century. It was enlarged and had single-storey bows added, likely by Richard Pace in 1826 for Jonathan Ware. In 1866, it was further enlarged with two-storey bows when it became an asylum, reverting to domestic use in 1893. The central section and the upper part of the bows are finished in incised render with a cornice and parapet, while the lower part of the bows is made of ashlar on a plinth. The house features hipped slate roofs and rendered ridge stacks.

The structure consists of a double main range with cross ranges on each side and two additional ranges at the rear to the left. It is two storeys high and has three windows in the central 18th-century portion, which are 12-pane sashes set in shallow reveals with moulded stone cornices on consoles. The ground floor includes 12-pane sashes with moulded stone architraves flanking a central stone porch. This porch has a moulded stone cornice and pediment with antefixae, panelled square piers, and a lintel above a half-glazed inner door with two fielded lower panels.

The side bows feature three 12-pane sashes on the ground floor, each with a moulded panel above and a moulded cornice that was originally at the roof line, along with three paired plain casements above. The rear facade is made of coursed rubble stone and has mostly 12-pane sashes in flush stone surrounds, including a large round-headed first-floor window on the stair added by Pace, which has coloured margin glazing. On the left-hand return, there is an additional front door with six panels and glazed ogee arch panels at the top, situated under a large late 19th-century gabled porch hood on brackets. The rear wings have scattered fenestration, some with cambered heads.

Inside, much of Pace's work remains, including plaster groin vaulting in the corridor between the original front range and the added rear range, a staircase, reeded door surrounds, internal shutters, and niches in the bow wings.