Cross Keys Hotel

The Cross Keys Hotel is a former house and shop, now a public house, dating from the 15th century, with significant alterations from the 16th and early 19th centuries. It is constructed of timber-framed elements, with some parts rendered and others displaying original framing. The roof is low-pitched slate, hipped on the southwest corner with a small triangular gable. The building is arranged in an L-shape.

The front facing High Street is divided into two sections. The northern part shows an exposed jetty supported by two brackets and features 19th-century leaded light oriels on both the ground and first floors. The southern corner block has a restored window with traceried lights and a panel of original, thin, plank-like chevron bracing. Beneath the jetty are two original shop windows and an early 20th-century doorway.

The southwest corner block originally served as a shop with an entrance from King Street. The north flank originally had a recessed area for a former hall bench. An adjoining block to the north was an early 16th-century parlour, open-framed to the shop and featuring moulded bridging joists and girts. The later south flank wall is panelled, with a frieze of fluting, four consoles, and an inlaid marquetry panel with an arched design, displaying the date 1569 and the initials W.A. The rear wall of this block had a post where mouldings are interrupted by leaf stops framing a contemporary rear stack, now much altered. The front ground floor wall of this block originally contained a door opening (to the north) and a wide oriel window covering the remainder of the facade. The first floor wall on the south side is believed to have similar panelling.

A block to the rear, east, is rendered and has a jetty with two exposed brackets. It has four 16-pane double-hung sash windows on the first floor. The ground floor features a similar window, two paired 12-pane double-hung sashes, a door, and a 16-pane casement. A tall 19th-century stack is located over the east gable end, and a truncated stack is situated on the ridge line near the west end of the roof.