Listed Building: CRANLEY HALL (468337)

EYE TM17SE CRANLEY ROAD 585-1/4/85 (South side) 15/06/51 Cranley Hall (Formerly Listed as: CRANLEY GREEN ROAD Cranley Hall) GV II* Farmhouse. Mid C15 house in gabled range running north-south towards east end of present building. Extended east by similar gabled parallel range late C15. Long east-west range added c1500 with gabled cross wing at west end. Close-studded timber frame, partly plastered and colourwashed. Plaintile and pantiled roofs. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, raised into attic storey in west cross wing. Main north front is a 5-window range including cross wing gable front. Fenestration mainly of C20 casements to ground floor, of 2 and 3 lights; C19 3-light metal first-floor casements. At east end on ground floor one 8-light hollow-mullioned frieze window beneath middle rail. C20 door to right of centre. Cross wing lit through C19 French door flanked under middle rail by a 6-light hollow-moulded frieze window either side. C19 slate-roofed verandah to cross wing, returning into west flank, supported on circular-section iron verticals with scrolled wrought-iron terminations. Attic of cross wing gable with 6-light hollow-moulded mullioned window. Under minimal attic jetty are mortices for mullions of former projecting window. Gabled roof. Rebuilt ridge stack over door. Rendered ridge stack at east end. West return of cross wing included one 6-light hollow-moulded mullioned window. Internal gable-end stack to south. 2 east cross wings representing earliest build. 2 storeys, gabled roofs of different heights, 2-light casements, mostly blocked. Eastern wing with jettied first floor to north side only. Rear elevations with gabled staircase turret lit by a 3-light casement. Various C19 and C20 outshuts. INTERIOR: east wing with crown post roof, the crown post on a polygonal moulded base and with arched braces to collars and crown purlin. Main entrance door in principal wing leads to passageway cut through stack. Early C19 stick-baluster staircase with ramped and wreathed handrail. West cross wing with close-studded frame with jowled principal posts. Tie beam with early C17 carved arcade decoration. Clasped purlin roof with curved windbraces. Main range with close-studded timber frame rising to jowled principal posts and tie beams on arched braces. Small-framed early C17 partition walls at first floor. North-west room with bolection-moulded fireplace. Early C19 stick-baluster turret staircase. Main roof of C17 butt purlins and collars. Listing NGR: TM1531872859