Cross Keys Inn

The Cross Keys Inn is a public house that dates from the early to mid 16th century, with 18th-century additions and 19th- and 20th-century alterations. The building features a stuccoed timber frame with brick additions painted white and has a plain tile roof with two brick stacks. It is a long, end-gabled structure consisting of five bays, with a short, cross-gabled wing projecting from the central bay at the rear, flanked by outshut additions.

Originally, the inn was two storeys with an attic, but the two bays on the left were raised in the 18th century, adding a third storey in brick above the original eaves line. The ground floor was rebuilt in brick and has a continuous jetty supported by the exposed ends of the first-floor cross beams and joists, with a moulded board above the bressumer. The entrance doorway to the bar is centrally located, with a second doorway to the right that has a fixed light window with glazing bars on the left side under a common lintel. The rest of the ground floor features irregular 20th-century windows.

On the first floor, there are five 19th-century windows: two sashes with glazing bars to the left, a three-light window in the centre with a central horned sash, a two-light window to the right with a single sash and a fixed light, and a two-light casement further right, all with glazing bars. The second floor has three 18th-century sashes with glazing bars (3x4 panes) on the left. The roof features a central cat-slide dormer and a segmental, copper-roofed dormer on the right, both with 20th-century casements. A decorative wrought-iron bracket for the hanging inn sign board projects from the eaves level in the centre.

Inside, the ground floor of the main range is mostly opened as a bar room, with cross beams supported by posts. On the first floor, a stop-chamfered lateral beam is exposed in one room, while the rest have 20th-century linings. The attic has purlins and curved wind-braces in the two western bays of the roof. The cellar, which is walled in brick, retains several original 16th-century bridging beams.