Four-storey, detached house built in red brick - two main floors with basement and attic floor in roof. Designed by James Brooks who lived there from completion in 1862 till his death in 1901. Brooks was a noted church architect, who generally built in Gothic Revival style, who designed a number of churches in the borough, including St Columba's, Kingsland Road. Originally called The Grange the house has paired, hooded timber sash windows under pointed arches, with a brick bay facing Burma Road. The entrance door is inset, below a projecting porch with short stone columns below a pointed arch and shallow steeply pitched tiled roof. The house was derelict for many years. The steeply pitched roof is not original, with simple detailing, including many modern rooflights. The dark, struck pointing to the brickwork is crude. Sections of original cast iron decorative railings remain above brick walls,with inset incised stone panels.
No. 42 Clissold Crescent (formerly The Grange) was designed by James Brooks, who lived there from 1862 - 1901. Brooks was a noted architect, particularly of churches in Gothic Revival style.
Ad hoc additions - Buildings added after the bulk adoption resulting from the Love Local Landmarks project in 2012
These buildings were identified by the Love Local Landmarks surveyors, and added to Hackney's Local List in 2012.
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