East Pavilion And Attached Quadrant Colonnade

The East Pavilion and attached quadrant colonnade dates to approximately 1629-35 and was originally built for Sir Francis Crane. It was altered in the late 18th century and late 19th century and restored in 1970 when it was converted into a self-contained dwelling. The building is constructed of a brick core, faced with limestone and ironstone ashlar, with a hipped slate roof and a stone internal stack. It is single-storey with a basement and attic, featuring a three-window range.

The basement is faced with ironstone and has a central door with a keyblocked, moulded limestone surround, flanked by square windows with similar surrounds. The basement acts as a plinth, raised by a moulded limestone band at ground floor level, and supports a giant order of Ionic pilasters defining the bays. Ironstone pilasters, with limestone bases and capitals, support an entablature of ironstone, featuring a contrasting, pulvinated frieze and brown-painted moulded wood eaves. The central bay projects slightly, with the pilasters supplemented by 'shadow' pilasters on either side, and has a pediment. A central first-floor window, restored in the 20th century according to a plate in Vitruvius Britannicus, has a balustrade, moulded ironstone surround, and segmental pediment. This is flanked by windows with moulded stone surrounds, plain friezes, and moulded cornices. Attic windows have moulded stone surrounds topped by flat-arched heads of limestone with console keyblocks. The pilasters and window dressings contrast with the limestone-faced walling.

A two-storey porch wing to the left side, facing the former forecourt of the house, has similar pilasters at the angles and an open ground floor with a minor order of Ionic columns supporting a moulded limestone lintel. Porches to the front and rear feature a corresponding order. Tall round-arched windows on the first floor have moulded stone surrounds, limestone imposts, and console keyblocks, and are blind to the front and rear. Pediments to the front and side bays, as shown in Vitruvius Britannicus, were replaced in the late 18th century by a hipped roof. The quadrant colonnade begins to the rear of the porch wing and is now ruinous. Round-headed niches are visible on the rear outside wall.

The interior has been sub-divided and includes a brick-vaulted basement. A brick-vaulted tunnel, likely from the 18th century, runs under the colonnade, connecting the pavilions. The East Pavilion formerly housed a chapel and was once part of a tripartite composition with a house that was destroyed by fire in 1886. This was replaced by a large addition in Jacobean style attached to the rear of the East Pavilion, which was subsequently demolished as part of the 20th-century restoration works.