Description

ASHFIELD CUM THORPE LOW ROAD
TM 26 SW

5/6 Ashfield Lodge
9/12/55 (formerly listed as Ashfield
Lodge and barn)
- II

Farmhouse. Late C16. Rear service range to right of C17 and later.
Substantial early C19 alterations, including raising and re-roofing of
original house and addition of rear wing to left, incorporating the parlour
cell. Main range. Timber framed and plastered, lined to imitate ashlar;
hipped slated roof with wide plastered eaves. 3-cell form. 3 storeys. A
range of 5 first floor windows: C19 mullion and transom 3-light casements
without glazing bars. 3 half-height C19 casements to second floor. Mid C20
standard casements on ground floor. 2 doorways. To left a lobby entrance:
C19 6-panel door, the upper 2 panels glazed. 4-panel door to right. Internal
stack with good original shaft comprising 4 flues grouped in sawtooth pattern,
with projecting bricks at the base. C19 wing. Red brick with hipped slated
roof. 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay facade, the centre bay set slightly
forward. Inset sash windows, 9, 12 and 16-paned, under rubbed brick arches;
the centre window is set within a 3-centre arched recess. Upper right window
is a dummy. Doorway has 6-panel raised and fielded door and semi-circular
fanlight with glazing bars, set within a semi-circular arched recess. Service
wing. Timber framed and plastered, above a ground floor underbuilt in
colourwashed brick. Pantiled roof, not steeply-pitched. Several slatted
windows, one diamond-leaded window. Interior of house not examined but
thought to be largely unaltered since C19.

Listing NGR: TM2164063731

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635481

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Recommended Books

• 
  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)