Crakeplace Hall

Crakeplace Hall is a farmhouse dating from the mid-16th century, with an extension dated 1612 above the doorway, built for the Crakeplace family. The building has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. It features cement roughcast walls beneath a graduated greenslate roof with coped gables and kneelers, along with roughcast rebuilt chimney stacks. The structure is 2½ storeys tall and consists of three bays, with an integral stable on the left under a common roof and a lower right-angled two-bay extension, creating an overall L-shape.

The main part of the house includes a former four-light stone-mullioned window on the ground floor, which has had its central mullion removed, and is situated beneath a complete three-light window, both of which have hoodmoulds. The ground-floor window features carved-head label stops. There is a left-side enlarged 20th-century garage doorway in the former stable. A lean-to roughcast stone porch with a plank door is present, set in a stone architrave, and is inscribed and dated: "CHRISTOPHER CRAKEPLACE BUILT THE SAME WHEN HE WAS SERVANT TO BARON ALTHAM." The extension has sash windows with glazing bars set in plain reveals, with the ground-floor window located beneath a hoodmould that extends around the side of the porch.

The rear of the main part displays various windows on three levels, including a central former two-light stone-mullioned window under a complete three-light window, both with hoodmoulds, and small square attic windows with chamfered surrounds. Other windows are sashes set in 18th and 19th-century stone surrounds. The former stable features a slit vent and an attic window. Inside, there is a 16th-century arched stone kitchen fireplace that resembles one found at Branthwaite Hall. Further extensions to the building are not of interest.