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Many people see Crawley solely as a post war new town created for Londoners displaced by German bombing, but it has a long history. The area has been inhabited since the Stone Age, and was a centre of ironworking in Roman times. Crawley developed slowly as a market town from the 13th century, serving the surrounding villages in the Weald. Its location on the main road from London to Brighton brought passing trade, which encouraged the development of coaching inns. A rail link to London opened in 1841.

This blog aims to pictorially document the older buildings within Crawley, particularly those that are listed, along with a short history of each building.

Please follow the links below to see the history that Crawley has to offer.

GRADE I LISTED BUILDINGS (3/3)

1. Friends Meeting House (Eighteen Pictures and full history)
2. St Margaret's Church, Ifield (Thirty Nine Pictures and full history)
3. St Nicholas Church, Worth (Thirty Pictures and full history)

GRADE II* LISTED BUILDINGS (12/12)

1. 5 Langley Lane (Ten pictures and a brief history)
2. Ancient Priors, High Street (Ten pictures and full history)
3. The Beehive (Nine pictures and full history)
4. Charlwood House (Six pictures and a brief history)
5. Charlwood Park (Eight pictures and brief history)
6. Ewhurst Place (Seventeen Pictures and detailed history)
7. The George Hotel (Eleven pictures and full history)
8. Hyders Hall (Gatwick Manor) (Fifteen pictures and a brief history)
9. Rowley Farmhouse (Five pictures and a partial history)
10. St Johns Church (Twenty Four pictures and full history)
11. St Michael and All Angels Church (Lowfield Heath) (Forty pictures and a full history)
12. The Old Punch Bowl (Seventeen pictures and full history)

GRADE II LISTED BUILDINGS (85/90)

1. 10 Ifield Road (Five pictures and a brief history)
2. 29 High Street (Three pictures and a brief history)
3. 34-36 High Street (Two pictures and a brief history)
4. 37 Langley Lane (Apple Tree Farm) (Two pictures and a brief history)
5. 39 High Street (Six pictures and a brief history)
6. 39 Langley Lane (Eight pictures and brief history)
7. 44-48 High Street (Six pictures and a brief history)
8. 8-10 Old Martyrs (Four pictures and a brief history)
9. Barn At Gatwick Manor (Seven pictures and a brief history)
10. Barn East of Rowley Farmhouse (Three pictures and a brief history)
11. Bewbush Barn (Seven pictures and a brief history)
12. Bewbush Manor (Eleven pictures and a brief history)
13. Black Dog Cottage (Five pictures and a brief history)
14. Blackwater Cottage (Pound Hill) (Three pictures and a brief history)
15. Boscobel House (Nine pictures and a brief history)
16. Brewery Shades (Eight pictures and full history)
17. Bridge over moat at Ewhurst Place (Three pictures and a brief history)
18. Broadfield House (Fourteen pictures and brief details)
19. Brook Cottage, Ifield (Eight pictures and brief history)
20. Brookside (One picture and a brief history)
21. Caxtons (Five pictures and a brief History)
22. Cherry Tree Cottage (Two pictures and a brief history)
23. Church Cottage (Ifield) (Six pictures and a brief history)
24. County Oak Cottage (Eight pictures and brief history)
25. Edgeworth House & Wing House (Two listings) (Sixteen pictures and a brief history)
26. Flint Cottage (One picture and brief details)
27. Friary Church (Ten Pictures and a brief history)
28. Friends Meeting House Mounting Block (Three pictures and a brief history)
29. Frogshole Farm (Six Pictures and a brief history)
30. Goffs Manor (Nine pictures and a brief history)
31. Green Lane Old Cottage, Worth (Eight pictures and brief history)
32. Harrow Cottage/Old Plough Cottage/The Plough (Ifield) (Three listings) (Thirteen pictures and a brief history)
33. Hazelwick Grange (Three pictures and a brief history)
34. Heathy Farm (Eleven Pictures and a brief history)
35. Hillside Inn (Five pictures and a brief history) 
36. Ifield Mill (Twenty Five pictures and a full history)
37. Jordans (Seven pictures and a brief history)
38. Jordans Social Club (Five pictures and a brief history)
39. Knights Acre (One picture and a brief history)
40. Langley Grange (Ten Pictures and a brief history)
41. Langley Green Farm (Six pictures and a brief history)
42. Lilac Cottage (Two pictures and a brief history)
43. Little Buckswood Farmhouse (Eight pictures and brief history)
44. Little Orchards (Six pictures and a brief history)
45. Lowfield Hall (Four pictures and an extensive history with listing details)
46. Lowfield Heath Windmill (Twenty Pictures and a history)
47. Michaelmas Cottage, Ifield (Six pictures and a brief history)
48. The Mill House, Ifield (Seven pictures and a brief history)
49. Newstead Lodge, Ifield (Five pictures and a brief history)
50. Oak Cottage (Six Pictures and a brief history)
51. Oakfield Cottage (One picture and a brief history)
52. Oakfield Lodge (Two Pictures and a brief history) 
53. Old Cottage (Five pictures and a brief history)
54. Old House (Four pictures and a brief history)
55. Old Inn Cottage, Langley Lane (Three pictures and a brief history)
56. Oldlands Farmhouse (Four pictures and a brief history)
57. Old Rectory (Three pictures and a brief history)
58. Radford Farmhouse (Three pictures and a brief history)
59. Railway Signal Box (Nine pictures and a brief history)
60. Ridleys (Five pictures and a brief History)
61. Ridleys Court (Twelve Pictures and a brief history)
62. Spikemead Farmhouse (Three pictures and a brief history)
63. St Margaret's Cottage (Six pictures and brief details)
64. St Nicholas Church Lychgate (Worth) (Five pictures and a brief history)
65. Street House, Worth (Ten Pictures and a brief history)
66. Table Tomb at St Margaret's Church (Ifield) (Four pictures and a brief history)
67. Teizers Farm (One Picture and a brief history)
68. Telephone Kiosks in the High Street (One picture and a brief history)
69. The Toll House (Worth) (Four pictures and a brief history)
70. Toovies Farm (Three pictures and a brief history)
71. The Tree (Seven pictures and a full history)
72. Tinsley Farmhouse (Three Pictures and a brief history)
73. Turks Croft, Ifield (Four pictures and a brief history)
74. The Tweed, Ifield (Three pictures and a brief history)
75. Upper Prestwood Farm (Three pictures and a brief history)
76. The Vicarage (Ifield) (Three pictures and a brief history)
77. The White Hart (Six pictures and a full history)
78. Worth Corner, walls and entrance (Two listings) (Twelve Pictures and a brief history)
79. Worth Park: Three ornamental Victorian features (Three listings) (Twelve pictures and a brief history of the site and the features)

LOCALLY LISTED BUILDINGS (21/59)

1. 6-8 Crawley Lane (Four pictures and brief details)
2. 7-25 North Road (Eleven pictures and brief details)
3. 13-15 New Street (Two pictures and brief details)
4. 55-59 Grattons Drive (Five pictures and brief details)
5. 89-91 Three Bridges Road (Four pictures and brief Details)
6. 107 Hazelwick Road (Three pictures and brief details)
7. 251-223 Three Bridges Road (Six pictures and brief details)
8. Brooklands (Five pictures and brief details)
9. Deerswood Court (Twenty four pictures and details)
10. Grand Parade (Three pictures and brief details)
11. Ifield Barn Theatre (Nine pictures and a brief history)
12. Ifield Steam Mill (Eight pictures and a full history)
13. Nightingale House (Six pictures and brief details)
14. Rectory Farmhouse (Five pictures and brief details)
15. RC Church of Edward The Confessor (Seven pictures and brief details)
16. Royal Oak (Seven pictures and brief details)
17. South Lodge (Four pictures and a brief history)
18. Tilgate Lodge (Barclays Bank,Three Bridges) (Eleven pictures and details)
19. Woodcote Cottage (Five pictures and brief details)
20. Worth Annexe (Seven pictures and brief details)
21. Worth Park Lodge (Eight pictures and brief details)

The majority of the history text is an edited version of that which appears on Wikipedia. Some has also been taken from http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk and the various information that is displayed at some of the buildings.

All photos by Ian Mulcahy unless stated. E-mail crawleyoldtown@gmail.com.