Ashford Chace

STEEP ASHFORD SU 72 NW 9/31 Ashford Chace 23/01/86 GV II Mansion, now flats. 1912, by W F Unsworth: of complex form but with plain details. Rendered walls, cambered ground floor openings to the south elevation. Steeply- pitched tile roof, hipped and with hipped dormers, central hexagonal cupola; promi- nent cemented stacks. The entrance (north) front is symmetrical of two storeys and attic to the taller centre, with two-storeyed central porch flanked by single- storeyed outshots; beyond are tall narrow wings at an angle with half-octagonal ends (the eastern containing the staircase), and further two-storeyed lower wings, again on splay and set further outwards, ending in tall walls which enclose the forecourt. Casements. Arched entrance within a simple classical stone frame. The garden (south) front is symmetrical with projections at each side, of two storeys and attic, 2.5.2 windows, sashes, French door beneath a balcony; set back at the east side is a slightly lower but extensive service range, ending in a lower two-storeyed crosswing of similar form and materials, with casements. The west elevation, containing the angle between the north-west wing and the taller main block, has a two-storeyed half-octagonal projection, above an open verandah with Tuscan columns.

Listing NGR: SU7452125838