Locally listed buildings in Crawley
Download coordinates as: As of November 2010, there were 59 locally listed buildings in Crawley, a town and borough in the county of West Sussex in southeast England.
[1] Crawley Borough Council administers the selection and deselection process, defines the criteria for inclusion, and produces and updates the local list.
Crawley is a postwar New Town with a population was 106,597 at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2011,[2] but many older buildings remain.
The area covered by the present borough consisted of the small market town of Crawley itself, several villages such as Ifield and Worth, country estates with large houses, extensive grounds and lodges, and some Victorian and Edwardian suburban development.
Historic interest refers to how well the building exemplifies the era in which it was built, particularly if it represents "an important phase in Crawley’s history".
[16] Crawley borough has eight conservation areas—"areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance".
[26] Rural but within easy reach of London, and with a reputation for healthy air and a wide variety of leisure pursuits,[27] the area became popular in the 19th century among wealthy people wishing to establish country residences.
[31][32] Tilgate House and Worth Park (later Milton Mount College) were demolished in the 1950s[33] and 1960s respectively,[34] but their lodges survive (both in commercial use),[35][36] as do others on the Turners Hill Road[35] and at Povey Cross[37] (still residential).
The 19th century was also characterised by haphazard and small-scale residential development in areas such as West Green, Southgate and Ifield, stimulated by Crawley's increasing commercial importance and the coming of the railway.
[51] A 1950s primary school in Tilgate, with a distinctive tower which is believed to hide the chimney of an incinerator, also features on the list.
[49] There were few flats anywhere in the New Town, as incoming residents preferred houses,[52] but the Deerswood Court development (which preserved the grounds of the old mansion whose site it occupied) won a Civic Trust Award and has been locally listed.
The Pound Hill North ward, which covers the northeastern part of the borough up to the county boundary with Surrey, includes the rural hamlets of Tinsley Green and Fernhill, both of which have several locally listed buildings.
