Ashton Manor

Ashton Manor is a manor house, now a private residence, dating from the early 17th century with earlier origins, and altered in the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features old plain-tile roofs, with stone end and ridge stacks. The building has an L-plan layout and consists of two storeys and an attic, as well as three storeys. A 20th-century door is located near the re-entrant angle and has a wood lintel. The windows are 2- and 3-light casements with wood lintels, some of which are stop-moulded. A massive end stack is situated at the outer right end of the main range, with its upper portion partly resting on a stone corbel. There is a large segmental-arched opening at the end of the other wing, which is now glazed. A former outbuilding range, now part of the house, projects to the rear and is one storey with a loft.

Inside, the manor features stop-chamfered spine beams and a fine dog-leg staircase leading from the ground floor to the attic, complete with square newel posts and turned balusters. There is a stone fireplace with a moulded Tudor-arched head and jambs, along with stone fireplaces associated with the large end stack on the ground, first, and second floors, all featuring chamfered cambered heads, with smaller versions in the upper rooms. The property was subdivided in the 19th century and split into four dwellings until 1953.