Ash Almshouses, Retaining Wall And Railings

The Ash Almshouses, located on Broad Street in Leek, were built in 1676 and restored in 1811. They feature a concrete render over stone and have plain-tiled roofs. The building is one-and-a-half storeys high and has a seven-window range. Each gabled dormer contains paired round-arched windows. On either side of the paired doorways, which have shallow segmental heads and round-arched panels, are paired narrow round-arched windows. Above each doorway, there are plaques inscribed with the names of the villages from which the beneficiaries were expected to come. The return to Compton is similarly detailed, featuring paired central doors and flanking paired round-arched windows, along with two gabled dormers above. The gables have ornate moulded kneelers at the coping and ball finials on the end gables, with axial stacks present.

The almshouses are separated from the road by a retaining wall made of roughly coursed and squared stone, topped with iron spearhead railings. This wall also incorporates a milestone in the Broad Street elevation. The interior has not been inspected.