Listed building outline
Lord Crewe Arms
Geographical area
About this entity
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| CURIE | listed-building-outline:1154141 | no fact link |
| Prefix | listed-building-outline | Facts about Prefix |
| Reference | 1154141 | Facts about Reference |
| Name | Lord Crewe Arms | Facts about Name |
| Quality | Authoritative: We have some data from the authoritative source | no fact link |
| Dataset | Listed building outline | no fact link |
| Organisation | Northumberland County Council | no fact link |
| Start date | 1986-06-18 | Facts about Start date |
| End date | Facts about End date | |
| Entry date | 2013-08-19 | Facts about Entry date |
| Typology | geography | no fact link |
| Geometry |
MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.054547 54.848158, -2.054572 54.848205, -2.054748 54.848174, -2.054715 54.848115, -2.054711 54.848116, -2.054687 54.848062, -2.054638 54.84807, -2.054583 54.847967, -2.054456 54.847988, -2.054547 54.848158)))
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POINT (-2.054596 54.848092)
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| Notes | BLANCHLAND THE SQUARE Blanchland NY 9650 24/48 Lord Crewe Arms GV II* Hotel, incorporating west cloister range of Abbey (probably abbot's lodge, guest house and kitchen). C13 and C15, remodelled mid-C18. Stone; stone slate roof. C18 parts in Gothick style. West elevation in 3 parts; to left 3-storey tower, C15 heightening in squared stone of earlier rubble fabric, with shallow garderobe projection on left; centre part is C18 stair extension, 2 storeys, 2 bays; right part, set back, 3 storeys, 2 bays. Left bay of centre part has renewed door in raised stone surround, left bay of right part an old panelled door under tall trefoiled arch of re-set medieval fragments. Tower has paired chamfered loops on ground floor, 2-light mullioned windows with hoodmoulds above, the upper with trefoiled lights; embattled C18 parapet. Centre and right parts have scattered fenestration; sash windows in tooled raised stone surrounds, 2 ogee-arched stair windows. Stepped-and-corniced ridge and right end stacks, stepped left end stack. Rear elevation similar; to left C13 moulded segmental arch of canons' lavatory, possibly re-set. Sill bands to left 3-storey part. Sash windows in stone surrounds, some ogee-arched. Tower has C13 chamfered doorway, C15 window of 3 trefoiled lights above and 2 chamfered loops (one blocked) to 2nd floor. Interior: Ground floor south room has large chamfered segmental-arched fireplace flanked by doorways with depressed arched heads, that to left re-set. Central room has similar doorway and large restored segmental-arched fireplace with smoking platform in large open stack above; late medieval moulded ceiling beams. C18 stone stair from central room up to large hall with C18 panelling and fireplaces. Tower has barrel-vaulted basement and shouldered-arched doorways. room above has chamfered doorway to garderobe (now cupboard) and old chamfered ceiling beams. After the Dissolution the range became the house of the Forster family; Thomas Forster, awaiting trial at Newgate for his part in the 1715 rebellion, escaped with the aid of his sister Dorothy and is reputed to have hidden for a time in the priest's hole before going into exile in France. , | Facts about Notes |
| Listed building | 1154141 | Facts about Listed building |
Available Code Snippets:
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