House, now school. 1779, much enlarged and altered 1904 by G.F. Armitage for Thomas Craven. Red brick, rendered, some ashlar. Entrance front. Hipped slate roof behind parapet shaped in the centre with single external right and front right stacks, remains of single stacks flanking the porte cochere and 3 stacks to the rear. Set on a plinth. First and 2nd floor bands. Tow and a half storeys, 5 bays. The outer single bays are slightly set back. Central porte cochere with arched entrance and decorative spandrels flanked by single Ionic pilasters. Decorative frieze over. Over is a single tripartite cross casement flanked by single lozenge panels dated 1904. Further flanked by single fluted piers which support the parapet with decorative open carving. Outer single brackets support an architrave with single orbs at the angles. The side walls are treated in a similar manner. Inner arched doorway. To the right is a single quadripartite casement and further right a single 2-light casement. To the left is a single storey single projecting bay with single tripartite casement and decorative parapet, further left is a 2 storey projecting bay with doorway with part glazed door flanked by single fluted pilasters and with glazing bar oval panel with keyblocks over. Above is a plain frieze with outer single panelled pilasters. Above, to the right of the porte cochere, are 2 cross casements. To the left is a single tripartite cross casement and in the projecting bay a single similar smaller casement. Over the port cochere is a single 2-light casement. To the right are 2 two light casement and to the left a single tripartite casement with a single 2-light casement on the far left. To the right, set back, is a two and a half storey 3 bay wing with similar, plinth, parapet and bands. Doorway with panelled door and to the left a single tripartite cross casement with single overlight extending over all. Flanked by single fluted pilasters and with 4 fleur de lys over. Projecting is a glass lean-to supported on 2 piers. Both the first and second floors have 2 casements, each flanked by single fluted pilasters and with single fleur de lys over. This front with rainwater head inscribed "I.W. 1779" and further rainwater head inscribed "This house was reconstructed for Thomas Craven by G.F. Armitage. Projecting from the left is a 2 storey single bay with similar plinth and parapet and first floor and first floor lintel bands. Single tripartite cross casement on each floor with 2 fleur de lys over each and each flanked by single pilasters. Between ground and first floor windows is the remains of a single decoratively carved panel. Further left and projecting is a 2 storey polygonal wing with similar plinth, parapet and bands. Attached to the left is a 3 storey, mock turret with domed roof topped with a single stack. Over 2 storeys of the turret with blind arcading and fluted pilasters. Small columns support the dome. windows of this wing being cross casements flanked by single fluted pilasters and with single fleur de lys over. Between first floor and 2nd floor windows are decorative panels; remains of similar panels under ground floor windows. To the left, set back, is a 2 storey, 7 bay wing with single ridge and left stacks and similar parapet. Having a doorway and casements. Openings on each floor flanked by single fluted pilasters and with fleur de lys over. Between ground and first floor openings are single decorative panels. Over first floor openings are single plain panels flanked by single pilasters. North front has a 2 storey stair turret with domed roof and frieze under. To the right is a projecting 2 storey wooden bowed single bay. The ground floor with doorway with glazed door and casements each opening flanked by single fluted pilaster strips. First floor with sleeping balcony with balustrade. Rear/main garden front of 7 bays, the right and 2nd left single bays project and are further canted. Extending between these 2 bays is a first floor balustraded balcony, the right 2 bays under being closed with casements, the left 2 bays open and the single central bay being bowed and projecting with casements, each separated by a single fluted pilaster. Remainder of this front with various casements some with blind panels under and hoodmoulds with decorative label stops. Interior. Panelled hall with large fireplace with projecting canopy supported on decorative piers. Open well staircase with carved tread ends. Room opening out on to garden also panelled. Further room with some C18 and later plaster work. (NCC/js)