Crosses Hole Farmhouse

Crosses Hole Farmhouse is a farmhouse that possibly dates back to the late 16th century, with later additions and alterations. It is built of random rubble chert and features a gable end roof covered with concrete pantiles. The original layout was a three-room, through-passage house plan, with the service end located on the right. Adjoining this service end is a former byre that has been converted into part of the house, along with a later, smaller extension at the higher end. The rear service end is heated by a former end stack, while the hall stack backs onto a passage that is now blocked at the rear. All stacks have brick shafts, and the house is constructed using jointed cruck construction.

The farmhouse has two storeys and a front exterior with a four-window range. The windows are mid to late 20th century, with four half dormers and two- and three-light casement windows on the ground floor. The rear features a catslide roof over an outshut.

Inside, the service end includes a largely rebuilt fireplace and a deeply chamfered axial ceiling beam with rounded stops. There is a short stretch of plank and muntin screen between the service end and the passage. The hall has a fireplace with a plain chamfered lintel, and the sides of the hearth are made of single stones. The ceiling in the hall has intersecting chamfered beams that form five panels. Between the hall and the inner room, there is another plank and muntin screen, with chamfered unmitred muntins visible from the inner room side, while the hall side has a later screen attached with scratch moulding. The roof features two jointed crucks. Commander Williams suggests that a blocked opening in the closed truss between the inner room and hall may have been a solar window overlooking an originally open hall, which would have been heated by a fireplace. The other truss at the higher end was part of a half-hip structure, a building method more commonly found in Somerset than in Devon. The roof space was not inspected, and Commander Williams' report is dated July 1984.