Description

TL 2639 ASHWELL HIGH STREET
(South side)
Ashwell

8/33 No. 77
27.5.68 (Bear House)

GV II*

House, formerly farmhouse. Late C15 hall house with cross wings. Altered
late C17 and C18 to form continuous range. Restored C19-20. Timber
frame. Plastered walls. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys. 4½ bays. 4 windows,
the 2 on right C19 sashes, the 2 on left glazing bar casements. To right
of door is a 3-light diamond mullioned window of C16. The door itself is
in original position at cross passage. Wide C15 pointed arch frame with
plain wooden spandrels. To left of door the former service wing has an
unusual quatrefoiled wooden ventilator band between floors. Left return
wall has a 4-light blocked diamond mullioned window. Internally the
hall was 2 bays to right of door; heightened to 2 storeys in late C17
when a lateral stack was inserted at rear. Bay to right, with C19
sashes, is an early C16 cross-wing addition. To right of this a late C17
or C18 half-bay addition. The left ground floor is partitioned into 2
rooms with a pair of ogee-headed doors. Fragmentary remains of an early
C17 wall painting. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL2663639607

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555238

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)