The Ashes Cottage and Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse, cottage.

The Ashes Cottage and Farmhouse

WRENN ID
waiting-facade-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Type
Farmhouse, cottage
Address
The Ashes Cottage and Farmhouse, Sack Lane, Aston by Budworth
OS grid reference
SJ 687 809
Coordinates
53.32454, -2.47061
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ashes Cottage and Farmhouse is a former range of farm buildings that has been converted into a farmhouse, stables, and cottage. It dates from the mid-17th century and features a stone plinth with a timber frame, brick infill, and English garden wall bond brick, topped with a slate roof.

The yard front consists of 16 cells of small framing, with arch braces at the upper corners and in the 5th, 6th, 11th, and 12th upper cells. The right-hand gable end wall is from the 18th century. The left-hand gable end, which is part of a drift-way, has 5 cells of small framing with angle braces, queen posts, and angle struts to the gable. An 18th-century stable block has been added to the left.

The rear elevation mirrors the front with a similar pattern of cells, but with rendered infill. A 19th-century wash-house, which was originally separate from the house, is now connected to it on the right. At the far right, there is a 17th-century cottage that was originally separate but has been joined to the 17th-century farm building by the construction of the 18th-century stable block. This section has a stone and brick plinth and features 12 cells of small framing on the north front, with a 19th-century lean-to wash-house attached to the center of the facade.

Local climate

The Ashes Cottage and Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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