The Ashes Cottage And Farmhouse

SJ 68 SE ASTON-BY-BUDWORTH C.P. (Off) SACK LANE

3/31 The Ashes Cottage and farmhouse

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G.V. II

Former range of farmbuildings now farmhouse, stables and cottage. Mid C17 stone plinth timber frame, brick infill and English garden wall bond brick with slate roof. Yard front: 16 x 3 cells of small framing with arch braces at upper corners and to 5th and 6th and 11th and 12th upper cells. Right hand C18 gable end wall. Left hand gable end forms part of a drift-way and has 5 x 3 cells of small framing with angle braces, queen posts and angle struts togable. C18 stable block added at left. 'Rear elevation: Similar pattern of cells to that at front but with rendered infill. C19 wash-house originally separate from house but now joined to it at right. Abutting at far right is a C17 cottage originally separate but joined to the C17 farm building by the building of the C18 stable block. This has a stone and brick plinth. 12 x 2 cells of small framing to north front. A C19 lean-to wash-house abuts to centre of facade.

Listing NGR: SJ6875180948