Crossways House

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SO 33 NW PETERCHURCH CP B 4348 (west side) The Crossways

9/156 Crossways House



GV II

House. Early C17, extended early C18 with C19 and C20 alterations. Rendered brick, concrete tile roof. L-plan, rear wing early C17, extending to south- west, front extending to north-west early C18 with gable-end stacks.

North-east front: 2 storeys, band to ground floor and rusticated quoins of brick; 4 early C19 sashes; 3 similar windows to ground floor, entrance off- centre left, wooden doorcase with flat canopy on consoles, half-glazed door.

Interior: Chinese Chippendale balustrade to staircase. Exposed framing in rear wing with chamfered and stopped beams. Early C18 built-in dresser in north-east of two rooms. The stack at north-east end of this wing, at junction with early C18 front, has an adjoining sprial staircase. A clue to the date of the C18 works is provided by a keystone reset in a gate pier about 25 metres north-east of the house (not included): "1742/TP", matched by the initials "TP" scratched in lintel of south-east room fireplace.

Listing NGR: SO3478538198

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1107 IOE Records taken by Beatrice Jenkins; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Beatrice Jenkins. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project