9, 10, 11 and 12, Cross Street

The buildings at 9, 10, 11, and 12 Cross Street, Beverley, date to approximately 1834 and were designed by E Page. They represent a unified composition and are a significant feature of the streetscape. The central house (No. 11) is faced in painted stucco, two storeys high, and three windows wide with a recessed central bay. The sash windows have glazing bars, with the first-floor central window featuring marginal panes to casements. Fluted Greek Doric columns project slightly in front of the central recess, supporting a plain entablature above which is a cast-iron balcony and a window with consoles and an enriched cornice. The small ground-floor portico contains a six-panel door with a fanlight, and moulded architraves frame the ground-floor windows, incorporating panels and extending down to the projecting base. A channel runs along the wall under the eaves, which have a wide projection with pairs of decorative light brackets at intervals. The roof is slate, hipped, and of low pitch. The house is connected to the side wings by screen walls featuring arched openings and six-panel doors, above which are projecting tablets, vertically fluted string courses, and panelled parapets. Curved ramps lead down to a lower level on each side, with a blocked yard doorway facing the street. The north side block (No. 9) is constructed of white brick and is single-storey. It has a central six-panel door with a fanlight, two windows with stone heads and cills, and a wooden spout secured with widely spaced block brackets. It has a low-pitched hipped slate roof. The south side block (No. 12) is identical to the north block, but its windows and doorway are blind. No. 10 is a two-storey service range constructed of white brick, extending from the north side of the main house to the rear of the north side block. It has multi-paned sash windows with stone lintels and cills.