Survey Data
Reg No
11822064
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1850 - 1870
Coordinates
280300, 196690
Date Recorded
30/01/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1860, on a symmetrical plan retaining early fenestration. Hipped roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Roughcast chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Roughcast walls. Unpainted (ivy-clad to front (south-east) elevation. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. 2/2 timber sash windows with early crown glazing. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1990. Overlight. Set back from line of road. Gravel forecourt to front. Detached four-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1860, to south-east retaining original aspect. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Openings to visible (no openings to front (north-east) or side (south-east) elevations.
Appraisal
Crookstown House is a fine, balanced Georgian-style substantial building that has been well-maintained to present an early aspect. Composed of graceful Classically-derived proportions the front (south-east) elevation is an attractive feature set back slightly from the line of the road. The house retains most of its original or early features and materials, including timber sash fenestration with crown glazing, together with a slate roof having cast-iron rainwater goods. The retention of an early external aspect suggests that the interior may also retain features and fittings of significance. Complementing the house, a long, low rubble stone range is set framing the forecourt to the south-east, and retains most of its original form and character.