Ashwell Stores And Number 72 (Including Attached Rear Barn)

Ashwell Stores and Number 72, which includes an attached rear barn, is a house and shop that dates from the 15th to 16th century, with a cross wing that was heightened in the 17th century. The building has a timber frame and is covered in roughcast, topped with a steeply pitched plain tile roof. It stands two storeys high and features a two-to-one arrangement of 19th-century flush sash windows, with a pair of triple-hung windows on the left side of the ground floor. There is a door on the right, which has six flush panels, a heavy wooden frame, and large scrolled brackets with a flat hood. At the rear of Number 72, there are lateral red brick stacks. Inside, the left end of Number 72 has a low cambered tie beam on the first floor, indicating that the building has been heightened. Attached to the rear is an early 19th-century barn, which has painted clunch walls, a brick base, and a low-pitched slate roof. There is a square cart entrance that aligns with the entrance through Nos. 1-3 Gardiners Lane.