The Ashes Farmhouse

The Ashes Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse and cottage, now combined into a single dwelling. The house was significantly refurbished and its roof raised in the early 18th century, with later alterations and additions to the rear. The exterior is constructed of slobbered rubble walls with a graduated greenslate roof, hip to the left, and stone ridge details. There are two end chimneys to the house, and one to the cottage. The building is L-shaped.

The main house has two storeys plus attic space lit from the gable, with three bays. It features a 18th-century panelled front door recessed within a later gabled timber porch. Early 19th-century sash windows with glazing bars are positioned on either side of the door, and a matching pair is located above. The cottage section has two storeys, with a single-storey lean-to at the right. It has a gabled stone porch and a heavy, studded oak door. Late 19th-century sash windows with stone voussoirs and slate drips are present on each floor of the cottage; a board door serves the lean-to.

The interior includes flagged floors, reused stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, and an oak staircase extending to the attic, featuring a closed string, square newels, and moulded balusters. A notable early 18th-century carved stone fireplace displays the Philipson Arms: three boars’ heads and the Prince of Wales' Feathers. A cupboard has a round-arched opening flanked by pilasters, a heavy cornice, fielded and panelled doors, and an interior with shaped shelves and a coved head adorned with a gold-painted shell. A spice cupboard is inscribed with the initials "P" and the date “R 1723”, referring to Robert Philipson, nicknamed “Robert the Devil.” Also present are fragments of 18th-century panelling, old doors, and a large sheet of early plate glass set into a passage wall.

The house was historically associated with a branch of the Philipson family, who were rumoured to have been pirates, although this claim is unsubstantiated.