Asheridge Farmhouse

House. Dating from the 15th century, it was altered and extended in the 17th and 19th centuries. Originally timber-framed, the house is now largely brick-faced, with an old tile roof and slate to the 19th-century west wing. It is a hall house with a cross wing, further extended to the west. The south elevation of the hall range has a six-panel door on the left, a modern four-light casement on the right, and two three-light casements to the first floor. The gable of the cross wing on the left features a three-light sash window on the ground floor and a four-light casement above. A 17th-century chimney is located on the north side of the hall range. The 19th-century wing has sash windows. Inside, the hall has heavy chamfered joists and beams to a 17th-century inserted floor, a 17th-century inglenook, and a renewed newel staircase in the angle of the cross wing. Timber framing of the cross wing is exposed, and on the first floor there is a fine chamfered open truss of the hall, with arched bracing, a collar, and large quadrant windbraces in the roof. The house was the home of Aneurin Bevan from 1954 to 1960.