Ash Farmhouse

Ash Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 16th to 17th century, with alterations made in the late 19th to early 20th century. It features roughcast over rubble and cob construction, with slate roofs. The building has a large lateral stack to the right of the entrance, which includes a projection for a bread oven, and another lateral stack at the end bay on the left, rising from the eaves of a wing. The layout is L-shaped, possibly originating as a longhouse, and later extended to a three-cell design with a cross passage and an addition at the north end, alongside northeast farm buildings and a southeast wing.

The farmhouse is one and a half storeys high, with a façade of two bays on each side, all featuring early 20th-century casement windows. There are two dormers on the left and one on the right, flanking the lateral stack. To the left of the entrance, there is a single-storey addition beside the stack, with two windows under wooden lintels to the right. A 19th-century extension includes a loft over the byre, which has three semi-circular headed openings, with the central one being larger.

The south gable end shows an irregular plinth, suggesting rebuilding of what may have been the agricultural end of the farmhouse. Inside, there are chamfered beams with scroll stops in the central room, which is heated by the lateral stack and features a modern grate. The wide through passage has been blocked by an inserted stair, but an original cob wall is visible in the roof space. The trusses were renewed in the early 20th century, with part of a jointed cruck also visible. This farmhouse is generally believed to be the location where Samuel Taylor Coleridge was living when he was interrupted while composing "Kubla Khan" by a visit from 'the man from Porlock'.