Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8318NW CROSS KEYS LANE
844-1/8/102 (South side)
23/01/52 Cross Keys Inn

GV II

Public house. Early to mid C16 with C18 additions; C19 and C20
alterations. Stuccoed timber frame and brick additions painted
white, plain tile roof, two brick stacks. A long, end-gabled
range of five bays with a short, cross-gabled wing projecting
from the central bay at the rear of the range flanked by
outshut additions.
EXTERIOR: originally two storeys and attic, but the two bays
to left heightened in the C18 above the line of the original
eaves by addition of third storey in brick built off the wall
plates of the C16 frame; on front the ground floor rebuilt in
brick under a continuous jetty supported by the exposed ends
of the first-floor cross beams and joists, with a moulded
board applied to the bressumer above. Entrance doorway to bar
in centre and a second doorway to right with a fixed light
window with glazing bars on left side of door frame under a
common lintel; otherwise irregular C20 fenestration. On the
first floor five C19 windows: two sashes with glazing bars to
left, a three-light window in centre with central horned sash,
a two-light window to right with a single sash and a fixed
light and a two-light casement further right, all with glazing
bars. On the second floor to left three C18 sashes with
glazing bars (3x4 panes); on the roof to right a central
cat-slide roofed dormer and further right a segmental, copper
roofed dormer, both with C20 casements. Projecting at eaves
level in centre a C18 decorative wrought-iron bracket for the
hanging inn sign board.
INTERIOR: the ground floor of the main range now mostly opened
as bar-room with cross beams supported by posts. On the first
floor a stop-chamfered lateral beam exposed in one room,
otherwise C20 linings. In two western bays of attic roof
purlins and curved wind-braces. Cellar, walled in brick,
retains several original C16 bridging beams.

Listing NGR: SO8309118516

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Cross Keys Inn official website
• Wikidata Q26561587

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy