Ferne-lea and Cranford and Attached Wall
FERNE-LEA AND CRANFORD AND ATTACHED WALL, FYNNEY STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1268594
- Date first listed:
- 14-Oct-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Ferne-lea and Cranford and Attached Wall
- Statutory Address:
- FERNE-LEA AND CRANFORD AND ATTACHED WALL, FYNNEY STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1268594
- Date first listed:
- 14-Oct-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Ferne-lea and Cranford and Attached Wall
- Statutory Address 1:
- FERNE-LEA AND CRANFORD AND ATTACHED WALL, FYNNEY STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FERNE-LEA AND CRANFORD AND ATTACHED WALL, FYNNEY STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Staffordshire Moorlands (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Leek
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 98568 56129
Details
LEEK
SK9856SE FYNNEY STREET 611-1/7/65 (West side) Ferne-Lea and Cranford and attached wall
II
Pair of houses. Dated 1912. By Reginald Longden, architect. Brick with plain-tiled roofs. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 4-window range. Simple Arts and Crafts style, reminiscent of Lutyens. Balanced asymmetry, with outer gables of differing design: Left-hand gable itself asymmetrical, with doorway to right and massive chimney stack anchoring right of gable. Main roof sweeps down to ground floor level to left. Off-centre doorway in stepped round-headed archway. Tripartite mullioned window above. Tall mullioned and transomed stair window in main range to right of gable, and single 3-light mullioned window at first-floor level beyond, with side entrance of Ferne-Lea below. Right hand of range forms wide gabled front of Ferne-Lea: doorway to right in simple chamfered architrave, with 4-light mullioned window on each floor alongside. Windows throughout have leaded panes. Several axial and end wall stacks, all with diamond shafts. Rear elevation has a stronger symmetry, with 2 full-height canted bay windows. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: flanking wall pierced by 2 stilted archways links the building to the adjacent Highbarn (qv).
Listing NGR: SJ9856856129
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 461639
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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