Aston End

Aston End is a house dating back to the medieval period, with significant additions and alterations made in the 16th, 17th, and 19th centuries. It is constructed of coursed rubble coal measures sandstone, with quoins, and has plain gables, brick stacks, and a stone slated roof. The house is arranged in an L-shape, featuring a three-bay range to the east and a two-bay crosswing at the south end of the main range. The width of the northern part of the main range has been extended to incorporate small service rooms.

The west elevation of the main range has two storeys and three bays, with irregularly placed 2-light casement windows from the 20th century, featuring leaded lights. Two doorways are present: one at the north end bay and a second in the centre. Both are set within plain openings with modest lintels. The north door is half-glazed and the central door is planked and studded, both being 20th-century replacements.

The south elevation of the crosswing has two storeys and three bays, incorporating the gabled end of the main range to the west. A centrally located doorway has a plain opening and a 20th-century half-glazed door. Above is a 20th-century gabled dormer with a 2-light casement window. To the east, a 5-light recessed chamfer mullioned window with 20th-century casements. A single light 17th-century opening is located to the west of the doorway, while the gable contains stacked 2-light casements within flush stone frames. The ground floor window is mullioned.

Internally, the western part of the main range retains substantial remains of a 16th-century hall, originally at least three bays wide. It has king post roof trusses supporting a single butt purlin roof. The central truss displays a cambered tie beam with hollow chamfers to its lower edges and a chamfered king post with curved braces rising to support the ridge purlin. Nail head ornament is visible on the soffits of the tie beam, the principal rafters, and the purlins of the adjoining bays. A carved circular boss depicting a floral or fruit motif is present on the tie beam. Remains of close-studded partitions are visible on the first floor in the south bay and at ground floor level, between the main range and crosswing. The crosswing contains two full-height cruck trusses, supporting single back purlins, collar and tie beams, and a ridge purlin set square. Some windbraces remain.