W. Sloan — Swan's Crossroads

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840, with single-storey return with attic to rear having further single-storey addition to rear of latter, and with two-bay two-storey former post office to north-east end. Now in private residential use. Pitched natural slate roof, with rendered chimneystacks, recent roof-lights to rear, clay ridge tiles, paired moulded brackets to eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls, with incised string course to eaves, chamfered plinth course, and render vermiculated block-and-start quoins to corners of house and plain rendered quoins to west end of shop. Square-headed window openings to front (south-east) elevation, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, with moulded bull-nosed label-mouldings having marigold motif to stops, and with vermiculated keystones. Square-headed door opening to front elevation of house, having raised-and-fielded panelled timber door, with over-light, set in moulded render door frame with vermiculated keystone. 'Swanns Cross Roads' painted to ground floor of shop. Timber shopfront having fluted carved consoles to square-plan pilasters on plinths, with timber fascia bearing lettering 'W. SLOAN'. Replacement double-leaf door to shop, with plain over-light. Shop-window infilled and rendered, with square-headed window opening having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window. Cast-iron lettering 'SWANN' forming railing, with fleur-de-lys finials, to sill level of former shop window. Recent slate cladding to south-west gable of house. Single-storey outbuildings to north-east, having hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, coursed rubble walls, red brick door and window surrounds to camber and square-headed openings with some timber fittings. Brick wall with pedestrian and vehicular entrance to rear, flanked by square-plan rendered brick piers. Replacement rubble stone wall, with steel railings to garden to front. Located at Swans Cross, former crossroads, now roundabout.