Description

ISLIP HIGH STREET
SP5214 (East side)
12/73 Cross Tree Cottage and
adjoining house
GV II
House, now subdivided. Late C17 with earlier cellar, altered C19/C20. Coursed
limestone rubble with some wooden lintels; concrete plain-tile roof with brick
stacks. 3-unit plan with rear wing. 2 storeys plus attic. 3-window front has 2
entrances (one old with a heavy frame and flat arch) and has 2 former doorways,
one replaced with windows, plus 3 windows; central section is probably rebuilt
C18/early C19. Roof has stacks to both gables and to right of centre. Rear of
left bay (Cross Tree Cottage) has a gabled stair projection, partly encased in a
rear wing. Interior: Cross Tree Cottage has chamfered beams and a butt-purlin
roof; the spiral stair extends from the cellar to the attic; cellar leads to a
late-medieval stone-vaulted section below the rear wing from which extends a
tunnel. Interior of adjoining house not inspected. Shop to right is not of
special architectural interest. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SP5273314086

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26298740

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover