Ascott House

Ascott House is a country house that incorporates the remains of a timber-framed structure originally dated to 1606. The house was significantly extended starting in 1874 by architect George Devey, along with his associates James Williams, West, Slade, and Trentham, to serve as a picturesque hunting lodge for Leopold de Rothschild, a member of the prominent Jewish banking family. Further extensions were made to the west end, and the interior underwent considerable alterations between 1937 and 1938.

The ground floor features red brick with irregular large blue diaper patterns, complemented by some rubble stone on the center of the rear elevation. The upper floors are finished with whitewashed render and half-timbering, along with moulded bressumers and bargeboards. The roofs are tiled, and the brick chimneys include a 17th-century stack made partly of thin brick with three square shafts set diagonally, similar shafts with off-set heads on the 1930s wing, and other rectangular chimneys with 'V' pilasters. The building is part two storeys and part two storeys with an attic.

The long, irregular front faces northwest and features a projecting wing to the right. It has leaded casements with moulded wooden mullions. The center is flanked by gabled bays with a first floor that jetties on brackets. The extensions to the left include gabled dormers flanking a gabled bay to the right, a central square tower with a tile-hung upper section and a pyramidal roof, as well as irregular canted bay and oriel windows. There are 20th-century double doors at the center of the range. The matching wing to the right has irregular gables and single-storey projections at the angle. The northeast end includes a small entrance courtyard, while the southeast front is characterized by irregular gables.