The Bell And Cross Public House

The Bell and Cross Public House is a public house built in the late 18th century, with alterations made in the mid-19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of painted brick and features plain tiled roofs with end stacks on the main range and ridge stacks on the rear wings.

The building has a central entrance that leads to public rooms, with two rooms on the left and one at the rear right, and a further corridor on the right leading to a public room at the front. It stands two storeys high with an attic and has a two-bay main facade. Each floor has two 4-light casement windows with cambered heads. The central entrance is highlighted by a flat canopy on consoles, a six-panelled door, and a transom light with glazing bars. There are attic lights at the gable ends, and the right return features two storeys with sash and casement windows of varying designs. The left return has a three-sided bay window, and the rear has three gables at right angles to the main range, along with single-storey extensions from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Inside, there is an internal porch with a hatch for off-sales and red and black quarry tiles in the corridor. The public bar has a 19th-century counter with plain panels and consoles, and the bar back includes round arched features. Fixed seating with match board panelling is present behind the bar. The public room at the front features internal walls made of match board panelling, with clear glazed rectangular panels above the doorway and rear panelling. There is also fixed seating. The smoke room at the rear left retains bell pushes, while the right-hand rear public room served as a private living room until around 1990.