Ashcroft Court

Ashcroft Court consists of two houses and a shop that were converted for office use in the late 20th century. The building dates from around 1800 and fronts an earlier timber-framed structure. It features timber framing, gault brick, a peg-tiled roof, and a red brick stack. The U-shaped plan includes a street range with rear framed wings, and the building is two storeys tall with cellars.

The north elevation has a long brick façade with a parapet, a brick string course, and end pilasters. The roof is hipped at the west end. There are three windows on the first floor, which are segment-headed and all early 19th century but have been repaired. The sashes have glazing bars with four panes by four panes. The ground floor has a similar window on the east side, while the central window is a 20th-century tripartite sash with glazing bars, arranged as one by two, four by two, and one by two panes. The west end features a reconstructed 19th-century butcher's shop with a long fascia board over the shop and passageway. The shop has a 20th-century tripartite sash window with glazing bars, arranged as one by four, four by four, and one by four panes, and a doorway that is canted into the passage, with a four-panel door. There is also a 20th-century two-leaf boarded stable door adjacent to it.

The passageway on the east side has a 20th-century four-panel door and contains two cross tie-beams and an axial beam with 19th-century iron strap ties and suspension hooks. There are two arched cellar recesses below the central window, with one blocked below the east window by a pavement grille. The west end elevation shows the street unit's roof gable, which is stopped at the rear with a wing at a lower level. The south end gable of the wing features 17th-century trapped side purlin construction and is mainly timber-framed and plastered. The ground floor of the street unit is constructed in brick. The east end elevation is similar, with the south end gable revealing the timber wall plate and rafter. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments records the survival of a mullioned window, possibly not in its original position, and notes the presence of two 15th-century roof trusses that are said to survive above ceiling level.