Description

TL 2639 ASHWELL HIGH STREET
(South side)
Ashwell

8/34 No. 91 (Dixies
27.5.68 Farmhouse) and
No. 93 (Dixies)

GV II

Farmhouse, now 2 houses. Late C15 or early C16. Hall house with jettied
cross wings each end, extended on right end and rear in C17. Altered
C19. Timber frame. Plastered walls. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys. 4 C19
sash windows in flush moulded frames. Door towards left with
roll-moulded frame and flat hood. Canted sash windows left and right.
Another C19 door below right cross wing (No. 93). Both wings with curved
brackets to jetties. C19 cusped bargeboards. 2 C19 ridge chimney stacks
with angled shafts. Right addition, probably built as barn, is 1-2 bays
and single storey. C17 stack at join with wing. Internally the roof has
a crown post at junction with right cross wing; further crown post at
right end. Rear elevation shows C17 gabled addition on left and C18-19
hipped bay on right. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL2655239572

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26396797

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)