The Cross Pharmacy And House

The Cross Pharmacy and House is a shop with living accommodation above, located in Malpas. It was faced in the mid 19th century, but its double-depth plan indicates that the core of the building may date back to the mid 18th century or earlier. The shop features an Edwardian front and is constructed with smooth render, likely over brick, topped with a grey slate roof and yellow ridge-tiles.

In the mid 19th century, an earlier house was re-cased to create a three-storey, two-window symmetrical Italianate design. This includes two-storey canted bay windows with a 2-pane, 4-pane, and 2-pane arrangement on either side of a rusticated doorway with a pediment. The façade features rusticated stucco for the central section and quoins, with a shell-pediment above the eaves. A moulded eaves cornice supports ogee cast iron gutters with ornate cresting and square rainwater pipes, although the left pipe is damaged. The building has coped gables with ball finials and tall stuccoed chimneys.

Around 1900, a cast-iron pharmacy shop front was added to the left bay. This includes tall canted-bay shop windows on either side of the door, with a shaped, glazed upper panel above a raised and fielded lower panel, and a sloped fascia. The slender iron pillars and rails feature restrained decoration, making this design quite unusual. The interior has not been inspected.