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Summary

A picturesque farmhouse dating to the mid 17th century with 19th and 20th century additions. Plastered cob walls under a hipped thatched roof.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1162475: ASHWELL FARMHOUSE

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS51SE/51
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMHOUSE (Built, XVII - 1601 AD (Between) to 1700 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, 1988, Dolton, 21 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV598.

Ashwell Farmhouse. Farmhouse. Mid C17 with C19 and C20 additions. Plastered cob walls. Hipped thatch roof. Rendered axial stack.
Plan: 2-room plan with baffle entry in front of axial stack which heats both rooms. Larger hall to right, probably parlour to the left with shallow 2-storeyed porch in front of entry. Original position of stairs unclear - they are now at the end of the right-hand room. In the C19 and C 20 outshuts were added along the rear wall.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-window front of mainly late C19 or early C20 2-light small-paned casements. 1st floor right-hand window is a C17 small chamfered 2-light wooden mullion window with decorative leaded lights. Shallow 2 storey porch to left of centre has a square doorway with a C19 plank door behind it. At the rear is a C19 outshut to right and a C20 one to its left, both have plank doors. To right of centre above the outshuts is a C17 chamfered wooden framed leaded light.
Interior: hall has open fireplace with chamfered wooden lintel. Left-hand room has fireplace with chamfered and jewel-stopped wooden lintel. Cloam oven with door.
Roof: consists of substantial straight principal rafters which are crossed at the apex with a diagonal ridge. Purlins are trenched with collars lapped on or slightly set in. The timbers are all slightly darkened but it seems unlikely that this would be smoke-blackening. This is a unaltered farmhouse with a very picturesque exterior forming part of a traditional farm group and with great landscape value.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

Farmhouse shown.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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