St Aldam'S Ash Farmhouse

St. Aldam's Ash Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with 19th century and later alterations and additions. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, featuring an ashlar porch and stone dressings, with the right return and rear rendered. The roof is double Roman tiled and has a brick gable stack on the right. The building is arranged in an L-plan, with a former cross passage, and has two storeys and three windows that are not symmetrical. All windows are 3-light casements with ovolo mullions and dripstones. The central porch is gabled and dates from the 19th century, with a 20th-century outer door and a 4-panelled, glazed inner door. On the first floor, there are two 3-light casements and one 2-light casement, similar to those on the ground floor.

The left return features a 3-light casement on both the ground and first floors, and a 2-light casement in the attic, matching the front. A two-storey rear wing has a 2-light casement on the ground floor (originally a door in an ashlar surround) and a 3-light window on the first floor, along with a 20th-century lean-to porch. The rear of the rear wing includes a large single-storey pebbledashed extension with a 20th-century window in the gable end above and a lean-to attached to the left. At the back of the main house, there is a two-storey stair turret with a small 20th-century window on the first floor and a 2-light casement with leaded lights, wooden mullion, and frame in the gable.

Inside the rear wing, beneath the stack, there is a large blocked fireplace with an oven curve, a heavy chamfered beam, and a plank and batten door. The front right room contains a wide fireplace with an oven recess. A winder stair in the turret leads to the attic level, which features plank and batten doors with strap hinges. The roof structure is visible with five bays, including principal rafters, two rows of purlins, a ridge purlin, and a plated yoke, while the rear wing has three bays and the stair turret has two bays of similar construction.