Ridgeway

ASHTON HIGHER ASHTON SI 88 SE 6/21 No 1, Ridgeway GV II Cottage. Circa mid C18 with some late C20 modifications. Whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings; thatched roof, hipped at ends; end stacks. Plan: Single depth, 2 rooms wide, the right hand room slightly smaller, approximately central entrance into a stair hall. Narrow rear service room/axial passage behind stair. A late C20 lean-to has been added at the right end. Exterior: 2 storeys. Almost symmetrical 2 window front, the eaves thatch eyebrowed over the first floor windows; steps up to plank front door with C20 pentice; C19 2- light timber casements with glazing bars. The rear elevation has an approximately central door into the rear service room/passage with a C20 timber and glazed porch. Eaves thatch eyebrowed over first floor window left which is an C18 or C19 small-pane 2-light timber casement, similar window ground floor left; 3-light late C19 or C20 casement to ground floor right. Interior: C18 and C19 joinery; the left hand room has C20 exposed joists and a rebuilt fireplace; the right hand room has a circa 1870s marbled chimneypiece. The cottage is sited gable end to the road and forms a group with Nos 1 and 2 Ridgeway and Pitmans (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SX8568584669