Listed Building: ASHBANK FARMHOUSE (1330044)

ODD RODE C.P. SJ 85 NW 7/78 (Off) CHURCH LANE Scholar Green Ashbank Farmhouse II* Farmhouse. Late C16/early C17. Timber framed with rendered brick and wattle-and-daub infill with a plain tile roof. Two storeys with attic. Baffle entry plan. The entrance front has at right a gabled wing with 7 x 4 cells of small-framing with angle braces and 3-light C20 metal casement windows to the ground and first floors. Jettied gable above with 2-light C19 attic casement window. To the left of this are 7 x 4 cells of uneven small framing with an angle brace supported on a stone and brick plinth with, at ground floor level, a doorway at right and a 3-light C20 metal framed window to left. The first floor has a C17 canted oriel window supported on stepped brackets which are carved from the upright posts below. This has ovolo-moulded mullions. Much of the timber on this front has had timber planking applied to disguise rotten wood. To the roof is a massive chimney stack rendered to its lower body and with an upper stage of yellow C19 brick. To the left is a lower flush range of C19 English garden wall bond brick with 3-light windows to the ground and first floors with tile sills. Late C19 lean-to to the far left. The right hand side has 10 x 4 cells of small-framing with angle braces to right and left and to the third post from the right supported on a stone and brick plinth. Single light first floor window to right of centre and a blocked 2-light window to the right of this with timber mullion. The rear has a gabled wing at left which has 6 x 4 cells of small framing with angle braces, a blank door to left of centre, a mezzanine staircase window at right and a 3-light first floor C20 casement window to the first floor. Jettied gable with chamfered bressumer and a 3-light C19 window. To the right of this are 5 x 2 cells of uneven small-framing at ground floor level with a catslide roof above. Interior: The parlour has ovolo-moulded ceiling beams with ogee stops and wall posts with decoratively moulded consoles with small-scale sawtooth decoration. Ingle nook fireplace with a massive ovolo-moulded bressumer with ogee end stops. Chamfered rafters between the ceiling beams. Further ground floor room with similar wall posts, brackets and ceiling beams. Three doorways with ogee heads. Small framing to the staircase walls. The staircase has 4 flights with quarter-turn and half-landings. The newels have chamfered corners and faceted ball-finial with saw-tooth moulding. Turned balusters and plain handrail. Ovolo-moulded ceiling beams to the first floor with chamfered rafters between. Six plank doors mostly of C17 date with strap hinges. The attics have two purlins and ridge with wind bracing. Queen-post trusses with angle braces and wattle and daub infill. Listing NGR: SJ8209256260