Crossways Cottage Orchard Cottage

Crossways Cottage and Orchard Cottage are a pair of semi-detached houses, likely originating as a single farmhouse that was later extended and subdivided. They probably date from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The houses feature solid roughcast walls and a slated roof, which has a steep-pitched center and low-pitched wings. A large rendered chimney is located on the center ridge, heightened in red brick, with an additional rendered chimney on the rear wall of the left wing and a small red-brick chimney on the end wall of the right wing. The layout is likely a basic two-room plan with a central chimney and a rear wing at right angles, along with a one-room wing at each end; the right wing includes a single-storey lean-to at the rear. The buildings are two storeys high and four windows wide, featuring small-paned wood casements, mostly consisting of two or three lights with six panes per light, although one ground-storey window has three panes per light and three ground-storey windows have only one light of six panes. Entrances are located at the side or rear. The interior has not been inspected but is expected to be of interest.