NHER 16981 (Building record) - Old Ash Farm

21 January 1981. Visit.
House. 17th century. Stepped gables (part renewed). In south-east wall a central blocked window at top, another below to one side (so once one of a pair?) and recent windows (replacing original?) in ground floor. Facade to south-west is a later addition, late 18th century, of four bays, two storeys. All red brick.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 January 1981.

August 1984. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description:
Former farmhouse. 17th century and later. Timberframe refaced with brick to rear replaced with brick to front and heightened. Original returned brick gable-end. Pantile roofs. Two storeys with attic. Facade of four regular bays of replica two-light mullion and transom windows mainly in 18th century openings. Ground floor openings (one blind) beneath skewback arches with cambered soffits and black header patterning. Sawtooth cornice. 17th century east gable-end in English bond, crow-stepped and with moulded brick gable corbels.
Internal gable-end stack. Western stack not attached to gable-end wall. Later single- storeyed extension to rear.
Information from (S1).

23 January 1994. Visit.
Building seen again in passing. The southeast gable wall (called east on (S1)) has an internal stack despite the
blocked central upper window - is this window false? The stack towards the northwest gable is axial and the gable wall is of later brick, clearly indicating the house has lost a bay. (S1) also notes that the 18th century window frames to southwest
now contain replica mullioned and transomed windows, and there is black brick patterning. There are returns to the southeast gable wall.
E. Rose (NLA), 24 January 1994.