Listed Building record MDR5248 - Aston End, Cross Lane, Dronfield
Type and Period (1)
- CRUCK HOUSE (Medieval to 21st Century - 1400 AD? to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
Aston End, Cross Lane, Dronfield, a 15th century building.
'SK 361795 Aston End House, Cruck Building. Aston End House, Coal Aston, has 2 internal cruck frames with tie beams (removed), collars and a plated yoke.' (1-2)
'Aston End is a medieval building of two main phases, the later perhaps of the early 16th century, the earlier of an unknown date. The earlier comprises a curtailed, cruck-framed structure, with an inserted floor and with the external walls built up in stone. The later, built at right angles to the former, has stone external walls, was floored from the beginning and has a decorated king-post roof over a three-bay, first floor chamber. The house may have been non-domestic in origin, possibly a manorial court house or a guild hall.' (4)
'The correct NGR for this building is SK 36047941. The building is currently a domestic dwelling. Barns facing the front of the house have been converted into domestic dwellings, but the south end has been demolished.' (5)
'Eight samples were taken from timbers (including the cruck trusses) in order to carry out tree ring analysis. These provided a felling date range of 1393 to 1428, with a likely felling date of 1408.' (6)
From the National Heritage List for England:
'PARISH OF DRONFIELD CROSS LANE SK 37 NE 6/31 Aston End II* 9.1.67 House. Medieval, with additions and alterations in C16, C17 and C19. Coursed rubble coal measures sandstone with quoins, plain gables, gable and ridge brick stacks and a stone slated roof. L-plan house, comprising a three bay range to east and a two bay crosswing to the east at the south end. The width of the northern part of the main range has been increased to provide small service rooms. Main range. West elevation, two storeys, three bays, generally with 2-light C20 casements with leaded lights, irregularly placed within the elevation. Two doorways, one to the north end bay, the other to the centre, both within plain openings undefined by dressings, and beneath modest lintels. The door to the north end is half glazed, the central door is planked and studded, both are C20. Crosswing range. South elevation, two storeys, three bays, the gabled end of the main range to the west end. Central doorway in a plain opening, and C20 half glazed door. Above, a C20 gabled dormer with a 2-light casement window. To the east end, a 5-light recessed chamfer mullioned window with C20 casements. To the west of the doorway a single light C17 opening, and within the gable, stacked 2-light casements, with flush stone frames. The ground floor window is mullioned. Interior. The main range to the west incorporates the substantial remains of an C16 hall, of at least three bays, with king post roof trusses supporting a single butt purlin roof. The truss to the centre of the house is fully exposed, and has a cambered tie beam with hollow chamfers to its lower edges, and a chamfered king post with curved braces rising to support the ridge purlin. The soffits of the tie beam, the principal rafters and the purlins to the adjoining bays have nail head ornament, the tie beam has a carved circular boss bearing a floral or fruit motif. These are the remains of the close studded partitions in the south bay at first floor level, and at ground floor level, between the main range and the crosswing. The crosswing contains two full height cruck trusses, which support single back purlins. The trusses have collar and tie beams and a ridge purlin set square and seated upon a yoke. Some windbraces survive.
Listing NGR: SK3603879405.'
(7)
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SDR10956 Index: NDAT. 0782. 0782.
- <2> SDR8885 Article in serial: Marston, F. 1967. 'Cruck frames of Derbyshire; an interim report', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 87, pp 117-122.
- <3> SDR15369 Article in serial: Himsworth, J B. 1937-42. 'Some flint artefacts from local sites', Transactions of the Hunter Archaeological Society. Volume 5, pp 239-241.
- <4> SDR19246 Unpublished document: RCHME (Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England). 1987. Aston End, Coal Aston, Dronfield, RCHME Historic Building Report. TB 10379.
- <5> SDR19227 Verbal communication: Anon. Personal communication. P. Staunton: 1.4.1994.
- <6> SDR4471 Unpublished document: Nottingham University Tree-Ring Dating Laboratory. Dendro Sample Record and Summary. Initial Report 9 April 1992.
- <7> SDR19551 Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1087766?section=official-list-entry.
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Location
| Grid reference | SK 36038 79405 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DRONFIELD, NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE |
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- EDR1766
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Record last edited
Mar 28 2025 12:20PM