Cross Tree Cottage And Adjoining House

ISLIP HIGH STREET SP5214 (East side) 12/73 Cross Tree Cottage and adjoining house GV II House, now subdivided. Late C17 with earlier cellar, altered C19/C20. Coursed limestone rubble with some wooden lintels; concrete plain-tile roof with brick stacks. 3-unit plan with rear wing. 2 storeys plus attic. 3-window front has 2 entrances (one old with a heavy frame and flat arch) and has 2 former doorways, one replaced with windows, plus 3 windows; central section is probably rebuilt C18/early C19. Roof has stacks to both gables and to right of centre. Rear of left bay (Cross Tree Cottage) has a gabled stair projection, partly encased in a rear wing. Interior: Cross Tree Cottage has chamfered beams and a butt-purlin roof; the spiral stair extends from the cellar to the attic; cellar leads to a late-medieval stone-vaulted section below the rear wing from which extends a tunnel. Interior of adjoining house not inspected. Shop to right is not of special architectural interest. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SP5273314086