Ash Grove

Ash Grove is a house that dates from the mid to late 17th century, with alterations and extensions made in the early and late 19th centuries. The building is constructed of pebbledashed brick with a timber-framed core and features slate roofs.

The original 17th-century section consists of a two-bay range, which is complemented by a parallel early 19th-century range to the northwest, an addition to the northeast, and further extensions to the southeast. The 17th-century range has two storeys and a gable-lit attic, while the early 19th-century range has three storeys, along with two-storey additions at the rear.

The northwest front of the house features overhanging eaves and rendered brick end stacks. The 17th-century range includes an integral lateral brick stack, and the rear wings have both integral brick lateral and end stacks. The front has three bays with glazing bar sash windows that have painted stone cills and lintels, as well as French casements on the first floor. There are also a pair of canted bay windows on the ground floor. A full-width first-floor balcony is supported by square-section lattice wooden posts around cast-iron columns, featuring lattice spandrels, a moulded cornice, and a cast-iron balustrade with intersecting ellipses. The central part of the balcony projects as a porch. The entrance features a central four-panelled door, with a lower beaded flush panel and an upper glazed panel, flanked by a rectangular overlight with lattice glazing bars, and has panelled reveals and soffit, along with an architrave that has raised lattice work.

Inside, the central range has pairs of 17th-century ovolo-moulded ceiling beams with ogee stops, and a central ground-floor chamfered wall plate with ogee stops. There is also a 19th-century Jacobean-style fireplace overmantel.