Description

SD 96 SE
4/5

CRACOE
MAIN STREET (north-west side)
Toppan House

(formerly listed as Toppan House and adjoining two cottages)

10.9.54

GV
II
Farmhouse and two cottages, now house and shop premises. House dated 1622, cottages probably C18 with C20 refenestration and conversion. Coursed gritstone rubble, graduated stone slate roof. Quoins. Two storeys; house of three bays, two- by one-bay cottages.

House: central panelled door, the top three lights glazed, in a quoined surround with moulded chamfer carried over a shallow triangular doorhead; the lintel has large raised letters, "TT 1622 HT". Flanking five-light recessed chamfered mullion windows; all under a continuous dripmould stepped up over the entrance. Similar four-light windows to first floor and a central, probably enlarged, two-light window centre. Central ridge stack and a two-flue stack to left, at junction with later range.

Cottages: C20 doors and windows in original openings, those to ground floor probably enlarged.

Listing NGR: SD9783960191

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26425088

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)