Ashlands Cottage And Attached Walls, Gates And Railings

CREWKERNE

ST4410 NORTH STREET 876-1/5/144 (West side) 06/12/74 Ashlands Cottage and attached walls, gates and railings (Formerly Listed as: NORTH STREET (West side) Ashlands House including iron railing, gate piers and gates)

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House. C18, altered late C19 and 1990. MATERIALS: limestone rubble with stepped stone coping to left gable end, and 3 brick stacks, one to the left, and two the centre of the ridge of the slate roof. PLAN: single-unit plan, with late C19 extension, it is a right rear wing to Ashlands House (qv), but a separate property. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 3-window range. All windows to the front are c1990 under gauged flat stone arches and C20 lintels, windows to the rear are under gauged cambered arches: 3-light casements with small panes to the left and late C19 horned 2/2-pane sashes to the right. c1990 door in a plain stone porch. INTERIOR: the unit to the left, attached to Ashlands House (qv), has an open fireplace with a stone jamb to the right, an oak lintel which has been cut and is now supported by a brick wall to the left, to make access to the C19 extension to the rear; a stop-chamfered beam rests on the lintel of a C19 window to the rear. The room above has a C19 fireplace, otherwise the interior is altered. There is said to be a well in the centre, to the rear of the original dwelling. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached to the south-east corner is a low Ham Hill stone wall extending to the left and fronting Ashlands House; it has alternate loop-and spearhead railings with fleur-de-lys finials and a matching gate to the right.

Listing NGR: ST4408510095