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

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