Cross Keys

MAISEMORE MAIN ROAD SO 8021-8121 (south side) 8/75 Cross Keys GV II

Cottage. Possibly C15 or early C16, altered C18, C19. Painted brick, left part front English bond; brick infilled timber-framing to gable; tiled roof. Three-window front, single bay extension left, 1 1/2 storeys, one room deep. Boarded door behind half-glazed wooden porch, boarding to gable over: on left 2-light window, elliptical brick arch; small panes, as all other windows to front. To right door 3-light casement, no lintel. Vertical joint in wall, boarded door under cambered brick arch, 3-light casement, similar head. End of lean-to against gable on right, thin timber tie beam, boarded door. Above 2 gabled dormers in left section, each with 2-light casement; gable chimney left end, chimney from front eaves by vertical joint, external on right return. Top of what is probably a cruck truss appears over lean-to roof on right return. Left end, brick lean-to against gable; set back brick wing, boarded door under cambered brick arch, slit air vent to left. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO8105321337