Description

ASHBURY HIGH STREET
SU28NE (South side)
5/26 Billie's Cottage
14/10/69 (Formerly listed as two
cottages to West of Rose and
Crown Inn)

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. C15 hall house with late C16, late C18 and C20
alterations. Originally timber-framed; in C18 house clad in squared and coursed
chalk on sarsen base, some brick quoins; thatched roof; brick stacks. C15
L-plan ground-floor hall house. 1 1/2-storey, 3-window range. Timber lintels
over C20 door and casements. Interior: Entry from present front door, door to
kitchen/service in rear wing. In late C16 first floor inserted and north gable
stack and axial stack backing onto passage to rear wing inserted. In late C18
house was converted into two cottages. Chamfered beams and joists in parlour
(right of entry to south facing wing) and kitchen (in rear wing); ovolo moulded
mantleshelf and oak gunrack over parlour fireplace. 3 1/2-and 3- bay wings of
raised-cruck trusses with blades crossed at ridge and smoke- blackened rafters.
Circular sarsen bread ovens attached to main fireplaces. lean-to shed of sarsen
walling and with thatched roof projects from north gable wall.

Listing NGR: SU2643085041

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26572962

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)