Cross Keys is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1954. House. 2 related planning applications.

Cross Keys

WRENN ID
twelfth-mantel-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1954
Type
House
Address
Cross Keys, the Cross, East Meon, East Hampshire, GU32 1NN
OS grid reference
SU 679 222
Coordinates
50.99553, -1.03341
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cross Keys is a house built in the early 18th century, with 20th-century extensions at each end. The walls are made of red brick in Flemish bond, featuring blue headers, red flush quoins, and rubbed flat arches, along with a moulded band at the first floor. The extensions include brickwork with some flint panels on the north side. The original block has a slate roof at the front, while the other areas have a tile roof.

The symmetrical east front is two storeys high with five windows. It features 18th-century style leaded lights, including one in the former central doorway. The wooden doorcase at the fifth bay has an open pediment supported by brackets, fluted pilasters, and a six-panelled door. The extensions are unequal in size, consisting of one storey and an attic. The rear elevation includes a tall narrow gabled staircase projection, a gabled dormer, and ground-floor projecting service wings.

Local climate

Cross Keys receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2010
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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