Alkerton Cross House Including Front And Rear Walls And Outbuilding To Rear

Alkerton Cross House is a house that underwent early 19th century rebuilding of an earlier 18th century property. It is constructed of brick and features an M-profile slate roof on the front block, with slate and pantile roofs on the rear. The building has truncated brick end stacks at the front and an end stack on the rear outbuilding. The front block has a double-depth plan, representing an early 19th century addition to a mid to late 18th century single-depth house, and includes outbuildings at the rear.

The house is two storeys high and has a three-window front with stepped stone voussoirs above 6/6-pane sash windows, and a blind window above an early 19th century decorative canopied wrought-iron porch that leads to an early 19th century six-panel door with a latticed overlight. The rear features 19th century wood casements and one small-pane iron casement.

The interior is noted for being remarkably complete, featuring original panelled doors, shutters, and neo-classical design fireplaces. There is a stop-chamfered beam in the 18th century part of the house, which retains 18th century principal rafters (with tenoned purlins sawn off) and 18th century plank doors with iron latches.

Additional features include chamfered stone coping on the brick front yard wall, and the plot to the rear is bounded by a brick wall that includes a run of outbuildings. Among these is a rare surviving example of an early 19th century back kitchen or bakehouse, which has segmental arches over wood casements, a plank door with the original lock, a simple interior with shutters on the windows, and 19th century features including a flour hoist. This property is a good example of a small 18th century house that was extended in the early 19th century, with many features from that period still in excellent condition.