Ashlands

Ashlands is a detached Italianate villa built around 1850, located on the south side of Belmont Road in Combe Down. The villa is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a slate roof. It has an irregular T-plan layout, with a lean-to extension on the east side and an entrance porch on the west side.

The building stands two storeys high, with windows that are generally twelve-pane sash types set in plain surrounds and on sills with brackets. The main elevation faces south and has a slightly projecting gable on the right, which contains a twelve-pane sash window above a tripartite sash window, with the center light raised and flanked by pilasters on the ground floor. To the left, there is a wing that is set back and features paired arched sashes.

The entrance front has a plain gable on the right and a slightly set-back wing with a twelve-pane sash window above a gabled porch. The porch has a moulded arch supported by pilasters and an impost band. To the left, there is a broad eaves stack, and a gable stack is located on the right. The return gable end has two twelve-pane sashes on each floor. The roof on the far side extends over a broad lean-to section, which is set back from the main front gable and has an eaves stack at the junction with the main range. The villa features deep bracketed eaves and gables, with stacks that have cappings on brackets. Ashlands is part of a series of villas situated on the edge of an escarpment, offering panoramic views to the south. The interior has not been inspected.