Crosshedges

In the novel Third Girl, Crosshedges is a house in the village of Long Basing. It is the family home of the Restarick family. At the time of the events in the book, the residents include Andrew Restarick and his wife, Sir Roderick Horsfield and an au pair girl named Sonia.

Poirot observed that the house was neither beautiful nor ugly, but "commonplace", a conventional house built at the turn of the century. He saw a "bulbous construction" tacked on the top storey. This was an observatory built for Sir Roderick's astronomy hobby. The gardens, Poirot was pleased to note, was more attractive than the house. It had "obviously been the subject of a great deal of care and attention in its time, though it had been allowed to fall into disarray." But it still had "smooth green lawns, plenty of flower beds, carefully planted areas of shrubs to display a certain landscape effect. It was all in good order."