West Cross Cottage

SU 73 lilt FARRINGDON UPPER FARRINGDON

2/58 West Cross Cottage

GV II

House. C16, early C17, and early C19. Slate-hung walls. Plain pantile roof, shafted stack. Late medieval timber-framed hall of 2 bays, with C17 chimney inserted in the smoke bay, with an upper floor and a north-side timber-framed bay added, early and late C19 recladding and minor rear service block. West front: 2 storeys, 4 above 2 windows. Upper casements and lower Victorian sashes. Plain C18 doorframe , with 6 panelled (2 top glazed) door, within a trellis porch masked by greenery. The lobby entrance form has been modified by a C17 staircase projection at the rear, with an outshot to its south side. The east wall has exposed brickrogged framing, and the single-storeyed service wing at the north side is of brickwork, with a low pitched slate roof. The north gable has lower walls of exposed framework, but most ot it is tile-hung (late C19) with scalloped bands. Inside, the framework indicates the phases of construction.

Listing NGR: SU7099735076