Ashton Hall

Ashton Hall is a Grade I listed mansion, now serving as a golf club house. It dates back to the 14th century, with significant additions made in 1856. The building is constructed of sandstone with slate roofs. It features a medieval tower made of red stone, which has a rectangular plan and diagonally set angle towers topped with an embattled parapet. To the north, there are additions in grey stone, replacing a wing from around 1600 that has since been demolished.

The east front of the building has the tower on the left, which is two storeys high with a basement. The basement includes a four-light mullioned window typical of the 17th century. Above this, there are two windows with plain stone surrounds; the right-hand window is sashed and has upper glazing bars that intersect. On the first floor, there is a similar window above the right-hand window. To the right of the tower, there is a one-storey section with a basement and an embattled parapet. This section features a porch with octagonal corner turrets and a moulded doorway with a pointed head, accessed by a flight of stone steps. Each side of the porch has a mullioned and transomed window, and there is a canted bay window at the far left.

On the right side of the facade, there is a smaller tower that balances the larger one on the left. This tower is also two storeys high with a basement and has square corner turrets that rise at the front corners. It includes a canted bay window on the ground floor. The south wall of this tower has three bays between the corner turrets, featuring sashed windows with glazing bars that form Gothick tracery at their heads, all with plain stone surrounds. On the west side, the central section has a moulded doorway with a pointed head, approached by stone steps similar to those on the east.

The interior was not fully accessible during the survey, but the entrance hall in the central section features an open timber hammer-beam roof with carved pendants, which continues into the dining room to the south. The hall includes a carved stone fireplace and timber doors and doorcases in a Gothic style.