Cross Inn

The Cross Inn is a prominently designed public house, likely dating to the 18th century, situated on a south-facing entrance front. The building presents a symmetrical appearance with a 3-window frontage. A central cross-gable extends back to meet splayed wings, with the side elevations following the roadlines to the east and west. It is constructed from red brick with pale freestone dressings, topped with slate roofs. End chimneys feature ribbed stems, ashlar bands and moulded cornices. A notable detail is the prominent dentilled cornice, combined with a segmental pediment over the central first-floor window. A plain string course and moulded sill band runs around the building, along with banding to the gables. The windows are largely small-pane with 3-light designs, some featuring transoms. Ground-floor windows are round-headed with keystones and sill brackets, while the first-floor windows are square-headed. The central doorway on the south front has a dentilled lintel and round-arched overlight, flanked by banded pilasters which support a stone balcony with scrolled ironwork panels. Double panelled doors lead to the entrance.

To the east side, a gabled wing with two windows and pilasters incorporates a central stack corbelled at the first floor level with detailing mirroring the front. A lower bay to the right has double panelled doors under a round-arched hood supported on corbelled shafts. A rendered gable end faces north. A long, single-storey outbuilding extends further to the right.

A similarly designed gabled wing is situated to the west, with a lower two-storey range and a further cross-gable to the far left. Unusual paired doorways are set under a segmental hood, separated by a panelled pier, alongside a single door with side-lights under a segmental hood to the left. A round-arched window is located between these entrances, flanked by cross-windows. Four 2-light windows are present on the first floor, with a tall window to the left featuring two transoms. A two-storey, three-window cross-gable displays pilasters and detailing consistent with the front, accompanied by a dentilled cornice above the first-floor windows.

The rear of the inn is rendered, with 4-pane horned sashes and red brick dressings.

Inside the south entrance, a small-pane window is visible straight ahead, alongside a late 20th-century door leading to a public bar. The public bar features moulded cross-beams of irregular arrangement and wainscot panelling, while the bar along the north side is original but has been refaced. A double entrance on the west side leads into the public bar to the right and a lounge bar to the left. The lounge bar has a moulded cross-beam and a deep moulded ceiling cornice. A small cast iron fireplace is present on the north wall with tile inserts and a wooden mantelpiece. Panelled doors are set in heavy moulded surrounds, with a doorway to the northeast leading to further rooms, including a large north room with a suspended ceiling.