Description

SO 78 NE
1576-/7/10005

Four Ashes Hall and attached service range

GV
II

Small Country House with attached service range to north-west. Mid C19 , incorporating
the core of an C18,or earlier house. Red brick, some formerly rendered and lined out, or
painted, with stone dressings, coped gables with moulded kneelers, diagonally-set ridge and
gable stacks with deeply-corbelled caps and slated and tiled roofs. L-plan house, with attached
service range to the north-west enclosing small courtyard. Entrance front to north-east, with
gable to left end, with 2 tall blind arches. North-east wing of 2 storeys with attics, and of
6 bays, the 3 bays to the right set back. Wide shallow pointed arch to left end with ashlar
surround, with doorway set back within it. Shouldered head to door, with rectangular
overlight composed of 2 ogee-headed lights. Flanking the doorway are tall ogee-headed
lights. 2 ground floor, and 3 first floor 3-light mullioned and transomed windows within
ashlar frames, and below string courses, that to the first floor stepped above the window
heads. Attic windows set within steeply-gabled dormers of 2 and 3 lights. Set-back 3 bays
with 2 and 3 light mullioned and transomed windows, and 2 2-light gabled dormers.
South-east elevation to garden dominated by 2 wide 2 storey bay windows of 4-lights, with
tall mullions and undivided sash windows. Gabled heads to bays with small attic lights. Set
back double pile range of 2 bays to left end, with wide central gable. Tall glazing bar sash
to centre ground floor, below hood mould. Doorway to right with gabled overlight. First
floor with 2, 6 over 6 pane sashes with 4 centred arched heads below hood moulds. Small
attic light to gable. Asymmetrical gables, each with a first floor sash, and tall sash to ground
floor of rear gable. Tall wall at north-west comer, a remnant of a conservatory links house
to ornamental bantam house with lean-to roof and, on courtyard side to north-east rear wall
with ramped ends, three 6-panel doors, 2 single lights with diagonal glazing, and above, 5
diamond shaped ventilators of openwork brickwork. On north-west side of courtyard and
attached to rear of north-east range, service range of 2 storeys, comprised of a 3-bay laundry
with a hipped roof, and a set-back 2-bay pantry and game larder. Enclosed by these buildings
is a stepped 3-bay C18 building with a dutch gable at the junction of the taller and lower
parts. Interior; South-east range contains formal rooms, with wide hall corridor leading to
staircase lit by a venetian window. Tall ceilinged rooms to garden elevation with moulded
cornice work, panelled reveals and sunken shutters. 6-panelled doors with architrave
surrounds, and moulded skirtings. Moulded surrounds to hearths, one of crinoidal limestone.
Fitted furniture to library. North-east range with kitchen hearths, and servants quarters.
Service range with original fittings. A mid C19 small country house with unaltered interiors
and a complete range of service buildings.

Listing NGR: SO8000787719

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26526117

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