Crosstown Farmhouse

Crosstown Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with a 19th-century extension, and was thoroughly renovated around 1972. It is constructed of plastered cob, with some sections lacking stone rubble footings, and features stone rubble chimney stacks topped with 20th-century brick, including one chimney-shaft that contains some late 17th to early 18th-century brick. The roof is thatched.

The farmhouse has a three-room plan facing south, resembling a five-room layout. The front room is the original farmhouse, designed with a one-room plan, featuring a right (east) gable-end stack and a rear doorway that now leads to a 20th-century outshot. A former dairy block extends at right angles to the rear, overlapping the right end slightly. The third room, next to the former dairy block, served as a secondary agricultural store but has now been converted for domestic use. The building is two storeys high.

The exterior displays an irregular arrangement of two-over-one windows, primarily consisting of 20th-century casements with glazing bars. The front door, located beside the front block, is a part-glazed door that leads into the front end of the former dairy block. The roof of the original farmhouse is half-hipped on the left side and gable-ended on the right, while the roof over the former dairy and extension is parallel to the front block, hipped to the left and half-hipped to the right.

The interior was not available for inspection during the survey, but the owner reports that it underwent extensive refurbishment in 1972, with much of the carpentry renewed at that time. However, it is said that most of the beams and the roof of the front block remain intact, as noted in the National Monuments Record, which includes a report by NW Alcock from 1972 that mentions some confusing evidence regarding a smoke-bay.