Ashtree House

Ashtree House is an early 19th century house built for the Brocklesby Estate. Later alterations and additions were made to the rear in the 20th century. The house is constructed of yellow brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with the left return rendered. It has a pantile roof and a roughly L-shaped plan, incorporating a 2-room central entrance hall and later additions to an angle and the rear. The main facade is two storeys high and consists of three bays, arranged symmetrically. The doorcase features beaded pilasters and a frieze, along with reeded brackets supporting a cornice and hood. The front door includes six beaded panels, a reeded cornice, and an overlight with decorative glazing bars and urn motifs in a panelled reveal. The windows are 20th century 16-pane imitation sashes in flush wooden architraves, with rubbed brick flat arches and projecting stucco sills. A wooden modillioned eaves cornice runs along the top. The roof is hipped, with end stacks. The right return has a 20th century French window and four windows matching those on the front. Inside, the segmental tunnel-vaulted entrance hall has a reeded dado rail, moulded plaster cornice, and a pilaster arch to the stairhall. The open-well staircase features a swept handrail and fluted balusters. Arched alcoves flank the chimney on the ground floor to the left. Reeded dado rails, moulded cornices, beaded-panel doors, and window shutters in architraves are found in the main rooms.