Description

DEAN ULLOCK
NY 02 SE
12/123 Crakeplace Hall (previously
3-3-67 listed with attached farm
buildings)
II*

Farmhouse. Mid C16 with extension, dated 1612 over doorway, for the Crakeplace
family; C19 and C20 alterations. Cement roughcast walls, under graduated
greenslate roof with coped gables and kneelers; roughcast rebuilt chimney
stacks. 2½ storeys, 3 bays with integral left stable under common roof and
right lower right-angled 2-bay extensions, forming overall L-shape. Main part
has ground-floor former 4-light stone-mullioned window with central mullion
removed, under similar complete 3-light window, both with hoodmoulds, that in
ground floor with carved-head label stops. Left enlarged C20 garage doorway in
former stable. Extruded lean-to roughcast stone porch with plank door in stone
architrave under stone inscribed and dated CHRISTOPHER CRAKEPLACE BUILT THE SAME
WHEN HE WAS SERVANT TO BARON ALTHAM. Extension has sash windows with glazing
bars in plain reveals, the ground-floor one under hoodmould extruding around
side of porch. Rear of main part has various windows on 3 levels: central
former 2-light stone-mullioned window under complete 3-light window, both under
hoodmoulds, and small square chamfered-surround attic windows; other windows are
sashes in C18 and C19 stone surrounds. Former stable has slit vent and attic
window. Interior has C16 arched stone kitchen fireplace similar to one at
Branthwaite Hall. See M.W. Taylor, Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland &
Westmorland, pp326-7; Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian &
Archaeological Society, old series, xiii, pp431-2. All further extensions are
not of interest.

Listing NGR: NY0700424032

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17540993

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2