NHER 30279 (Building record) - Croxton House and barn

Croxton House and barn.
Former rectory. (S1) dates to around 1700. Flemish bond, red stretchers and black headers; glazed pantile roofs. Seven bays, two storeys; three central bays broken forward and have rusticated quoins as on quoins of house. Central door with canopy. Flat arched openings. Brick plinth, moulded platband between floors and wooden cornice. Three flat dormers. Dutch gables and gable stacks, one with fire insurance plaque 1743. Late 19th century addition to west. At rear original wing with Dutch gable and two wooden cross windows. Interior has three ground floor rooms with panelling and plaster cornice; west room with pilasters to overmantel about 1700. Stopped and chamfered beams in both wings. Dogleg stairs. Contemporary garden walls.
Information from (S1).

January 1994.
Seen briefly in passing 30 January 1994 by E. Rose (NLA); description seems correct; excellent condition. Note proximity to possible moat NHER 2180. To northeast contemporary brick barn, three steads with off centre cart doors. Two storeys of honeycomb openings separated by platbands. Ornate south gable wall towards road with seven honeycomb openings and upper door. North gable with seven ventilation holes. Eight bay roof with four tiebeams, two orders butt purlins, collars, windbracing. Listed in its own right.
E. Rose (NLA), 31 January 1994.

May 2011.
Observations additional to above and J. Selby's heritage statement (S2). Possibly reused beams in bedroom 3 and parson's office: ogee moulded chamfers with bold barred stops -C16? Sash windows have late 18th century sashes - the sashes probably replace cross mullions. Proposals involve demolition of 19th-century additions. Entrance hall floor of large slabs of limestone - removal of small areas of self-levelling screed required. Simplicity of stair balusters of particular interest in a house of otherwise normal ostentation with shaped gables, chequer pattern brick work and elaborate panelling.
S. Heywood (HES), 16 May 2011.

Late 2011.
See file for digital photos taken in 2011, possibly in response to the proposals to demolish at least one outbuilding and construct a new orangery [1].
P. Watkins (HES), 16 September 2019.