Crossways

Crossways is an early 17th-century house with a later 17th-century extension and front, located in Aston Tirrold. The house is constructed with a combination of materials: roughcast timber framing on the right side, and roughcast brick on the left. It has an old plain-tile roof with a gablet on the right, a brick end stack to the left, and a ridge stack to the rear right. The house is a two-unit lobby-entry plan with an addition at a right angle, forming the front to the road. It is two storeys high with a five-window front. A six-panel door is centrally located, sheltered by a wood lattice porch. Original wood cross-windows with original leaded lights are present in all openings, separated by a flat rendered band between the ground and first floors. A dentil cornice runs along the eaves. The rear elevation features timber framing with brick infill on the left and red brick with grey headers on the right, with an irregular pattern of windows and a flat brick band between the ground and first floors on the right.

Inside, the hall has a late 17th-century stone chequer-pattern floor. An open well staircase leads to the first floor, with winder stairs continuing to the attic. The ground floor features chamfered spine beams. There are blocked fireplaces throughout the house. The majority of the doors are late 17th-century in style, with two-panel doors on the ground floor and plank doors on the first floor, fitted with 18th-century brass handles and locks. Visible angle braces in the timber framing are seen in the first-floor bedrooms to the right. The roof has a queen-post construction.