Ashtree House

Ashtree House is a former farmhouse dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, with early 20th-century additions, likely by Herbert Groom. The building is timber-framed, featuring exposed timbers on the front and early 20th-century brick nogging, topped with a thatched roof that has an ornamental ridge. It has two storeys and attics, consisting of a four-bay main range flanked by two matching lower sections, all designed in the same style.

There are two internal chimney stacks, one at each end of the main range, which are styled similarly with ornate brick shafts, moulded bases, and attached starred caps. The main range has four-light mullion-and-transom style windows, while the sides feature three-light casements. Additionally, there are four three-light eyebrow dormers, all with diamond leaded panes. The central entrance is a plank door with arched spandrels in the surround.

The oldest part of the building is the lower section on the left end, which includes a four-inch chamfer to the main beam on the ground floor, ogee and reversed braces at the corners in the room above, a blocked original window, and a fireplace with an arched timber lintel. The central range originally contained a two-bay hall and two service rooms, but the partition walls have been removed to create one large room. It features an original open fireplace on the left with a plain timber lintel, and a later stack on the right with an ornate Edwardian Jacobean style surround. The main beams and joists have chamfering and curved stops, and there is good close studding. The main posts have very long jowls and no bracing, with housings for a five-light mullioned window with hollow chamfer mouldings in the rear wall. The roof includes principals and cambered collars.

The lower range on the right end is an addition from around 1900, designed to match the original style. There are various extensions at the rear from a similar date, which are rendered and have pantiled roofs.