Building record MDR10893 - The Lawn, Etwall

The Lawn is attached on the north side to the Old Red House (SMR 19813), which is itself attached to The Limes (SMR 19814). The Lawn stands well back from the road facing south across park-like grounds, in which stand Lawn Cottage (SMR 19809). The Lawn is built of brick with stucco, and has tiled roofs. The earliest parts of the present house are the ceilings of the hall and kitchen, which suggest a date around 1700. A cruciform plan for this a house is envisaged: the kitchen and room south of it formed the stem of the cross; the present hall, then a parlour, formed the east wing, matched by the present west wing then containing the entrance. The radical enlargement of the house took place about 1820: the room south of the kitchen was extended to form a fine dining room, with an even finer drawing room added on the other side of the old parlour, and a back kitchen was added. In the Edwardian period further alterations were made and a leanto added to the west wing. The music room was built in 1936, and more recently a second storey has been added to it; a breakfast room and conservatory were also built. The Lawn, together with the Old Red House and The Limes, was at one time occupied by members of the Crewe family and this accounts for the links between them. (1)