Cross House

Cross House is a house that underwent remodelling around 1860, originally built in the 18th century with earlier elements and early 19th century additions at the rear. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with Bath stone dressings and features a clay plain tile roof adorned with bands of shaped tiles, stone coped gable ends with corbelled kneelers, and bracketed eaves. The house has stone gable-end stacks, including one with a moulded octagonal stone shaft and others with brick shafts at the rear.

The building has a plan that includes an 18th century front range with an earlier core and early 19th century rear wings. The remodelling in 1860 involved refenestrating the front, replacing the central doorway with a bay window, and creating a new entrance on the south side.

The exterior is two storeys with an attic and features a symmetrical five-bay west front with 12-pane sash windows. The ground floor has plain rendered architraves, while the first floor has shouldered stone architraves with small roundels at the head, and the centre first floor has a stone bracketed cill. The ground floor doorway has been replaced by a canted stone bay with Gothic tracery. There are three large gabled dormers, with the centre gable being larger. To the right, there is a Gothic foot gateway with a pointed arch and saddle-back coping.

At the rear, there are gable-ended wings with slate roofs, sash windows with glazing bars, and later single-storey extensions. A Victorian entrance is located in the angle on the left side, featuring a canted corner and a steeply pitched hipped roof with a small gable and an octagonal moulded stone chimney shaft. The main entrance below has a depressed two-centred stone arch that is corbelled out over a fanlight and a panelled door.

The interior has not been inspected, but a late 17th century dog-leg staircase was observed in the rear north wing, featuring a moulded string, a heavy moulded handrail, square newels with ball finials, and turned balusters, although the balusters of the lower flight have been removed.