Description

CRANBROOK BAKER'S CROSS, (WEST
TQ 7735 NE SIDE)

12/18 Rammells House
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GV II

House, now school boarding house for Cranbrook School. Later C16 or early C17
with front block added in 1882-83 by Ernest Newton and W W Nere, extended circa
1939. Front block: Red brick, over ground floor rendered between red brick
pilaster-strips. Moulded wooden eaves cornice to plain tiled roof with very
tall slightly projecting end stacks and similar stack off-centre to right.
Three storeys; 2 window front, wooden casements to left, with wide 3-storey
octagonal bay to right. Continuous windows round all sides with lattice glazing
over glazing bar casements on both first and second floors. Deep pentice tiled
hood over ground floor with similar octagonal bay to left as well as that to
right, flanking central arched doorway with side-lights, half-glazed door and
low arched transom light. Rear: Half-hipped 2½-storey timber-framed and
weather-boarded wing to rear, the original later C16 or early C17 house.
Interior: Stair survives, 2 flight return with turned bulbous balusters.
Various semi-inglenook and decorated fire surrounds.

Listing NGR: TQ7794035868

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26632357

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)