Ashford Hall

Ashford Hall is a country house dating to approximately 1760, with extensions added in 1771. It was built for Edward Hall. The house is constructed of brick with a modillioned cornice below a parapet, and has a hipped slate roof. It features a double-pile core with extension wings on each side and a long rear extension to the right.

The east front has a seven-window range, with a central three-window bay projecting forward under a pedimented parapet with a modillioned apex. The windows are predominantly 6/6 sashes with moulded cases, with 3/3 sashes on the second floor. Almost half of the sashes are blind, retaining crown glass. A central portico features an open pediment, an interrupted Doric entablature, and two Tuscan columns and pilasters, leading to a four-panelled door with glazed upper panels and a fanlight with radial glazing bars. Brick chimneys are located laterally to the front range, with ridge and parapet stacks to the rear.

The left return side has a four-window range, with a two-window bay projecting forward, added in 1771. The windows match those of the front, and a tall niche is set between the windows of the projecting bays. This niche contains a large mullioned ground-floor tripartite sash window arranged 4/6:8/12:4/6.

The rear elevation includes a rear extension to the left and a two-window range to the right. A 6/6 sash and a round-headed 10/6 sash to the staircase, with radial glazing bars, are visible. Additional 3/3 sashes are on the second floor, with a restored 6/6 sash at ground level and a 20th-century door with fanlight and canopy.

The right return side has an eight-window range, with a projecting two-window bay added in 1771, creating four bays of the 1771 rear extension. The window arrangement is consistent with the front.

An end wall of the rear extension has two blind sashes, partially obscured at ground and first floor by a single-storey service extension with a hipped tiled roof. The south wall of the rear extension has a three-window range with 6/6 sashes and 3/3 sashes on the second floor. A three-storey 19th-century bathroom turret, with segmentally-arched sashes, is located to the centre right, partially obscuring the windows. A 20th-century porch and lean-to extensions are present at ground level.

The interior retains sash boxes and features six-panelled doors with reeded doorcases. The north dining room has a vine leaf pattern cornice with a flower and ribbon pattern dado rail over raised panelling with foliate beading, incorporating a late 18th-century inserted fireplace. The central hall contains an oak open-string staircase with three steps per tread, turned balusters, curtail steps, a mahogany handrail, and oak dado panelling. The south drawing room has a corn sheaf and poppy pattern on the cornice and deep moulded skirting, along with a Rococo-style fireplace and overmantel.