Crown House

Inside through-passage, entrance to R into main range. The interior has boarded doors and plastered walls, part of early C21 restoration. The entrance hall has ceiling with 2 plain cross-beams. To L of entrance hall, in the narrow gabled bay to rear, is a fine early C18 dog-leg staircase which rises to the attic; it has wide treads, barley twist balusters, heavily moulded handrails and deeply panelled square newel posts with flat moulded caps; balustraded balcony to upper storey. A short flight of stairs, probably early C21, goes down to a cellar; on its R side is the remains of an ovolo-moulded mullioned window of at least 4 lights. The staircase projection has stop-chamfered spine- and cross-beams to ceiling, some with cut stops.

The rear wing has a large infilled fireplace to S end, with basket-arched timber lintel and stone jambs, cut-away to L-hand side. The ceiling has 2 spine-beams and 1 cross-beam, medium-chamfered with cut stops. On the 1st floor, the arrangement of ceiling beams is the same, supported on slightly raked posts. These posts form part of a substantial jointed arched-brace truss, visible on attic storey; the purlins have been replaced. At junction with main range, tie-beam truss with an arched collar. To the SW is some heavily battered stonework, perhaps related to the chimney.

The main range contains a café to ground floor, in place of the original shop; the ceiling has stop-chamfered cross- and spine- beams, as rear wing, and stop-chamfered joists, but these do not continue into the projecting central bay. There are some signs of fire damage. The 1st floor has 5 chamfered cross-beams to ceiling, also not projecting into central bay; the attic includes a tie-beam truss with closely-spaced struts above tie-beam level.

Three-storeyed 4-window main range, the central 2 bays advanced as a hipped roofed block. The front is of lined stucco under a slate roof, on a plinth, with brick and stone end stack to L; hornless sash windows under flat heads. Timber-framed rear wing with brick ridge stack at junction with main range. The ground floor of the central projection includes the main entrance and a shop front: 6-panel door reached by 2 stone steps, under a decorative overlight with octagonal panes, in a doorcase with fluted columns and semi-cylindrical capitals supporting an open triangular pediment. Shop window to R, with plain pilasters and dentilled cornice supported on decorative scrolled brackets, containing a 3-light transomed window with octagonal panes above the transom. There was formerly a shop door to the R-hand return, now blocked and replaced by a 12-pane sash. The 1st floor of the central projection has 12-pane sashes, with 3-over-6-pane sashes to the 2nd floor. Between the windows is a large wrought iron sign bracket, decorated with leaves and scrolls, possibly early C19. To L-hand return of projection, 12-pane sash to ground floor. To the L of the projection, the ground floor has a wide rectangular opening to a through-passage; 16-pane sash and 4-over-8-pane sash to 1st and 2nd floors, respectively. To the R of the projection is a 3-over-3-pane sash to each storey.

To rear, large timber-framed wing. To R of wing, main range has rear opening to through-passage, and small wooden light to 2nd storey. To L, main range has small 3-light window to 2nd floor. Shallow lean-to below, with 3-light casement to 1st floor and boarded door under a segmental head to ground floor. East gable end of main range is of stone to ground floor, and shows signs of alteration. In angle with rear wing, a narrow gabled staircase projection facing E, with 3-light casements at mid-level. Above to L, a fragment of a gable end with higher eaves and slate-hung front. Rear wing is of random stone to ground floor, close-studded to 1st floor and attic, under a slate roof. The W side is on boulder footings, L of which the wall is slightly set back. 2 tiers of close-studding; the gable end has diagonal braces beneath the tie-beam; the gable has a high collar with raked struts and 2 panels of decorative framing with quadrant circles, beneath the attic window. The windows are small plain-glazed wooden casements, part of the early C21 restoration: W side has 2 top-hung lights to ground floor, a 3-light casement to 1st floor, and 2 skylights to roof pitch. East side has boarded door with sidelights; the 1st floor has a 2-light window to L and 4-light window to R. North gable end has boarded door with sidelight, the 1st floor and attic with a central 4-light casement.