Ashwell House And Attached Barn And Stables

Ashwell House is a house and attached barn and stables, dating from approximately 1739, as indicated by an inscription. The house is built of green MG rubble with dressed quoins, and has a stone slate roof. It follows a three-cell, direct entry plan. The front doorway has a Tudor arch with composite jambs, one inscribed with the date "1739", and a chamfered surround. The first two bays originally featured 2-light sash windows with large flat-faced mullions, but these have been altered. A 19th-century doorway has been inserted between the bays, set within monolithic jambs. The third bay has windows with double-chamfered surrounds, originally of 4 lights, now altered to 2. A cavetto-moulded string course runs along the building, and the gables are coped with kneelers and stacks. The rear of the house retains a 2-light chamfered mullioned window, while other windows are later insertions.

Inside the house, the housebody features spine beams which are re-used crucks and chamfered joists with jewelled stops.

A large barn projects forward to the left and is linked to the house by a single-cell, single-storey extension that now obscures the original doorway. The barn has two tall cart entries with composite jambs and a mistal doorway with a quoined lintel and chamfered surround to the left. It also includes square breather holes. The barn has coped gables with kneelers. Attached to the barn’s left return is a two-storey stable with three doorways, composite jambs, and rectangular ventilators. It has a coped gable to the left.

The interior of the barn contains an oak fish-bone king-post roof with single angle struts.