Listed buildings in Ashley, Cheshire

Ashley is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 15 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".^[1] Apart from the village of Ashley, the parish is entirely rural. Other than a church and a bridge, the listed buildings are houses, structures related to houses, and farm buildings.

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes
Storage building, Coppice Nursery 53°21′57″N 2°20′50″W / 53.36581°N 2.34726°W	—	16th century	This originated as a barn, it was altered in the 17th century, and extended at the rear in the 19th century. The earlier parts are basically timber-framed on a brick plinth, with brick and clapboard infill. It has a stone-slate roof. Originally the west end was a threshing floor, and the right end a cow byre. At the west end are two pairs of crucks. The 19th-century additions are in brick.[2]
Outbuilding, Ryecroft Farm 53°21′37″N 2°22′08″W / 53.36041°N 2.36877°W	—	16th to 17th century	The outbuilding is timber-framed with brick infill and a slate roof. It is in a single storey, and consists of a single cell.[3]
Ashley Hall 53°21′39″N 2°20′56″W / 53.36087°N 2.34896°W	—	Late 16th to early 17th century	Additions were made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The hall is constructed in partly rendered brick with some timber-framing, and the roof is slated. It is in two storeys, and has an entrance front of five bays, the central one of which is recessed and contains a porch. Over the outer bays and over the central bay is a gable. Most of the windows are casements.[4][5][6]
Hough Green Farmhouse 53°21′09″N 2°20′15″W / 53.35250°N 2.33744°W	—	17th century	The farmhouse is built in brick with a concrete tile roof. It is in two storeys with an attic and has a four-bay entrance front. In the front are bay windows in the outer bays, and a gabled porch. The windows in the upper floor are mullioned.[7]
Kitchen garden wall, Ashley Hall 53°21′37″N 2°20′59″W / 53.36032°N 2.34967°W	—	17th century	The wall was extended in the 18th century. The wall is in brick, the gate piers and cappings are in stone. Three walls have survived and measure between about 12 feet (3.7 m) and 15 feet (4.6 m) in height. The rear wall is supported by canted buttresses, and has a central arched opening. In the east wall are central gate piers and wrought iron gates.[8]
Primrose Hill Farmhouse 53°20′33″N 2°20′38″W / 53.34256°N 2.34390°W	—	17th century	The farmhouse was extended in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is built in brick, which is partly rendered, and has a slate roof. The farmhouse has an L-shaped plan, is in two storeys, and has a buttress in the centre of the front wall. Inside the farmhouse is an inglenook with a bressumer.[9]
Sycamore Cottage 53°21′19″N 2°20′50″W / 53.35524°N 2.34724°W	—	17th century	The cottage was extended in the 19th century. It is timber-framed with brick nogging and has a stone-slate roof. The cottage is in two storeys, the right part of the north front being gabled. In the centre of the front is a projecting porch with a gabled roof supported on round wooden columns.[10]
Tanyard Farmhouse 53°21′26″N 2°19′54″W / 53.35722°N 2.33169°W	—	17th century	The farmhouse was extended in the 18th century. It is built in brick, some of which has been rendered, and it has a slate roof. The farmhouse is in two storeys, and has a symmetrical three-bay front. In the centre is a Neoclassical porch carried on Tuscan columns. This has a cornice, an open pediment, and a fanlight. The windows are casements with mullions.[11]
Gate piers, Ashley Hall 53°21′39″N 2°20′55″W / 53.36077°N 2.34857°W	—	Late 17th century	The gate are in ashlar and stand on a plinth. On the top are rusticated blocks each carrying a cornice and a decorated urn.[12]
Carriage house, Ashley Hall 53°21′37″N 2°20′50″W / 53.36029°N 2.34730°W	—	Early 18th century	The carriage house is built in brick with a slate roof, and has a front of three bays. In the front are three pairs of carriage doors and mullioned windows. On the left side are one-light windows, a hay loft door, and a pulley.[13]
Lower House Farmhouse 53°20′49″N 2°19′59″W / 53.34688°N 2.33306°W	—	1733	The farmhouse was extended with a wing to the rear in 1888. It is built in brick with a slate roof, is in two storeys, and an entrance front of three bays. The windows are casements.[14]
Stable block, Ashley Hall 53°21′37″N 2°20′52″W / 53.36035°N 2.34786°W	—	Mid 18th century	The stable block is built in brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. It is in two storeys and has a front of nine bays, the outer bays projecting slightly forward. There is a central doorway with a frieze and a pediment, and two of the windows also have a frieze. In the centre of the roof is a vent with an opening the shape of a Venetian window.[4][15]
Farm building, Tanyard Farm 53°21′25″N 2°19′53″W / 53.35687°N 2.33135°W	—	18th century	The farm building is in brick with a slate roof. It is in two storeys, and is divided into two parts. On the courtyard front are barn doors to the right and stable doors to the left. There is timber-framing in the left gable end, and in the gable of the dividing wall.[16]
Ashley Bridge 53°22′03″N 2°20′47″W / 53.36749°N 2.34642°W	—	Mid 19th century	The bridge carries Ashley Road over the River Bollin. It is constructed in rusticated ashlar, and has a single span. It has a solid parapet, and there are domed and pyramidal posts at the ends of the bridge. Part of it is in Hale, Greater Manchester.[17]
St Elizabeth's Church 53°21′20″N 2°20′37″W / 53.3556°N 2.3435°W	—	1880	The church was designed by Wilbraham Egerton. It is constructed in red brick and terracotta and has a red tile roof. The church consists of nave, transepts, a chancel, a vestry, and a porch. On the west gable is a stone bellcote. The tracery in the nave windows is Perpendicular in style, and that in the transepts and east window is Decorated.[18][19]

References

Citations

1. Listed Buildings, Historic England, retrieved 30 March 2015
2. Historic England, "Storage building at Coppice Nursery, Ashley (1139585)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 November 2013
3. Historic England, "Outbuilding approx. 100 metres east of Ryecroft Farmhouse, Ashley (1139586)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 November 2013
4. Hartwell et al. (2011), p. 108
5. de Figueiredo & Treuherz (1988), p. 213
6. Historic England, "Ashley Hall Farmhouse (1329655)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 November 2013
7. Historic England, "Hough Green Farmhouse (1229540)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 November 2013
8. Historic England, "Ashley Hall Farm Kitchen Garden Wall (1139582)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 November 2013
9. Historic England, "Primrose Hill Farmhouse, Ashley (1229563)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 November 2013
10. Historic England, "Sycamore Cottage, Ashley (1139583)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 November 2013
11. Historic England, "Tanyard Farmhouse, Ashley (1279045)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 November 2013
12. Historic England, "Gatepiers to forecourt at Ashley Hall Farm (1139580)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 November 2013
13. Historic England, "Carriage House in forecourt at Ashley Hall Farm (1139581)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 November 2013
14. Historic England, "Lower House Farmhouse, Ashley (1139588)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 November 2013
15. Historic England, "Stable block at Ashley Hall Farm (1329656)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 November 2013
16. Historic England, "Eastern block of farm courtyard at Tanyard Farm, Ashley (1139587)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 November 2013
17. Historic England, "Ashley Bridge (that part in Ashley CP) (1329654)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 November 2013
18. Hartwell et al. (2011), pp. 107–108
19. Historic England, "Church of St Elizabeth, Ashley (1139584)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 November 2013

Sources

• de Figueiredo, Peter; Treuherz, Julian (1988), Cheshire Country Houses, Chichester: Phillimore, ISBN 0-85033-655-4
• Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6