Building record 179/0/26 - No's 140 and 142 Hospital Street, Nantwich

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 431074 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Seventeenth century front, the left-hand portion and rear eighteenth century. Painted cement rendering except for painted brick portion on left; two storeys plus attic; upper storey projects with concave under-hang; one sash window to bay on left and three seventeenth century small- paned leaded casements, the lights having radial pattern heads; ground storey has a pair of similar casements flanking entrance and five sash windows; attractive Gothic door surround, repeated on east elevation, with ogee head and fanlight surmounted by entablature with hood mould and enclosing two quatrefoil panels, and six-panelled door; three restored gabled dormers with seventeenth century leaded casements; parapet to main facade, brick eaves elsewhere; old tiled roof, hipped on left- hand side. No 142 adjoins at rear. Nos 122 to 126 (even), Nos 130 to 144 (even), Nuthurst School, Nos 146 and 148 and Churche's Mansion form a group.

<2> Lake J.J., 1981, A History and Guide to Nantwich, p.11 (Book). SCH66.

The house or its predecessor was owned by John Crewe (died 1598). His wife was a Mainwaring, and this family's arms are in heraldic shields in the upper windows. His sons were Randolph, Lord Chief Justice and builder of Crewe Hall, and Thomas, Speaker of the House of Commons.

<3> Nantwich Town Council, 1977, Walkabout tour of Nantwich (Booklet-Leaflet). SCH7371.

140 Hospital Street: This house stands on the site of the Hospice of St Nicholas (CHER 179/5) which is believed to have been founded by the First Baron of Wich Malbanc circa 1083. The private house which now stands on the site had heraldic devices in the three upper windows and was the house of John Crewe, Tanner of Nantwich.

<4> Hartwell C, Hyde M, Hubbard E & Pevsner N, 2011, The Buildings of England: Cheshire (2011 revision), p.499 (Book). SCH7059.

No.140, rendered with Gothic doorway, and upper windows and dormers with glazing details which include seventeenth century heraldic glass. Continuous jetty. Sixteenth century house of John Crewe.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1851, Nantwich Board of Health Map (Maps and Plans). SCH2431.

This map depicts gardens, a glasshouse, a complex of outbuildings, and a wing projecting from the rear of the house.