Cranford

ST41SE HASELBURY PLUCKNETT CP NORTH STREET (East side)

3/30 Cranford 19.4.61

GV II

Detached house, formerly with shop. C17 origin, modified and extended C18/C19. Ham stone cut and squared; thatched roof between stepped coped gables; brick end chimney stacks. 'L'-plan; 2 storeys, 2 bays, with 2-bay extension. Small-pane 3-light casement windows, with a 4-light to upper bay 2, the lower windows with timber lintols: signs of blocked doorway between lower windows: extension has Ludlow pattern concrete-tiled roof to shallow pitch, with stepped coped south gable; 3-light matching casement to upper bay 1, and below a part-glazed C19 door with timber architrave and flat timber hood on wrought-iron brackets: to bay 2 a shop front of two 16-pane windows with blocked doorway between, part filled with window, slim side pilasters, plain fascia over: lean-to against south gable. Rear extension to match, projecting at north-east corner of main block, with casement window at both levels: further projection from centre of rear elevation having stepped coped gable, gabletted finial and segmental-arched casement windows. Interior not seen, but reported are chamfered beams of probable early C17 date, and indications of original gable entry plan. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, June 1975).

Listing NGR: ST4719011098