The Old Cross

The Old Cross is a late 17th-century house, originally an inn. It is constructed of squared limestone with a slate roof, and features brick end and ridge stacks. The plan is based on two units, with a 3-window front. The central entrance has a 20th-century door set within a bolection moulded stone surround, flanked by Tuscan columns which do not support the frieze and cornice above the door. There are two-light, flat-faced stone mullion windows on either side of the door, with stone sills and surrounds. Similar windows are found on the first floor, incorporating casements. A smaller rectangular window with a moulded stone sill and plain stone jambs and lintel is on the first floor to the left. There are two gabled roof dormers. A 20th-century single-storey, semi-circular link connects the main house to an attached barn, which has since been converted and is now part of the house. A two-storey 19th-century extension is located to the right, with a three-light casement on the ground floor and a two-light casement on the first floor, both with timber lintels. Inside, the house features ogee stop-chamfered spine beams and some stop-chamfered joists. There is a large open fireplace with a chamfered segmental stone arch and a bread oven, along with a bolection moulded stone corner fireplace. It is believed that the building was formerly an inn, known as 'The George'.