Cross House

SJ 40 NW 4/199

PONTESBURY C.P. LONGDEN Cross House

II

Farmhouse, now house Probably early C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed on high red brick plinth with plastered infill, machine tile roofs. T-plan; hall of 2 1/2 bays with cross-wing (to road front) of 2 bays. 2 storeys with gable-lit attic to cross-wing. Framing: square panels, 3 from raised cill to wall-plate, moulded hewn jettying (to cross-wing) on first floor of left-hand gable end with evidence of continuation to front and right-hand gable end; vertical struts to left-hand gable end with inclined struts from upper collar; the right-hand gable end is brick-clad and the hall roughcast. 2-window front to cross-wing, tripartite glazing bar sashes to left and right of central 6-panel door (upper panels now glazed) with bracketed hood; prominent cruciform ridge stack re-built c.1980 to right of hall range and C20 brick end stack to right-hand wall of cross-wing. Interior: timber frame intact with chamfered spine and cross beams throughout; 2 large fireplaces on ground floor, one with massive Grinshill stone lintel; C17 oak door in kitchen (back end of former hall) with iron strap hinges.

Listing NGR: SJ4433006450