The Ashes

TM05NE 614-1/3/101 15/09/88

STOWMARKET NEWTON ROAD (North East side) The Ashes

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Formerly known as: The Ashes NEWTON ROAD Stowmarket GIPPING R.D.. House. Early C17, reusing some older timbers. Altered c1830. Roughcast timber-frame under a slate roof, plain tiled to rear. Gable ends of brick. Facade to south-west. 2 storeys in 5 irregular bays. 6-panelled door (flush panelled), upper 2 panels glazed, in second bay. Fenestration of tripartite sashes with 2/2 glazing bars. These details all mid-late C19. Bell-based gabled roof. Internal gable-end stack to south and south gable is of C17 English bond brick, with wrap-around. Set-off at first floor. Twin diamond flues, rebuilt. The rear has a C19 plain tiled one-storey and attic extension extending from south end under a gabled roof. Remainder of elevation in form of a 2-storey C19 outshut in brick: various window types and dates and a half-glazed door. 2 stacks emerge through roof. North-west gable refaced in late C19 stretcher bond brick. INTERIOR. South-west wall with ovolo-moulded blocked windows. Inserted partitions here and there. Chamfered bridging beams with various minor stops. Stick baluster C19 staircase. Roof of principals, clasped purlins and collars, lower tier of tenoned purlins and curved windbracing. Some re-used blackened timbers.

Listing NGR: TM0507259540