Description

SY 29 NE MUSBURY AXMINSTER ROAD
10/428
11.09.51 Ashe House

II*

Surviving part of large Tudor house. Built 1583-6. Burned by Royalists in 1644 and
rebuilt 1669-83. Partly dismantled in 1782.
Stone rubble with freestone dressings. Slate roof with gabled ends with stone
coping. Original house was probably E-shaped on plan and all that remains is the
south west wing and a short section of the main range. Two storeys. South west
elevation in seven window range. Four-light stone mullion windows with four-centred
arch lights and leaded panes. External and corbelled chimney stacks on south west
side. The east side of south west wing has six-light chamfered mullion window and
two-centred arch doorway to cellars without capitals. Small two-light window to
side. The north east wing has large 5-light mullion/transom window.
The interior is said to have been stripped.
Although once thought to have been, it was probably not the Birthplace of John
Churchill first Duke of Marlborough. However he was baptised in the Chapel qv.

Listing NGR: SY2768695958

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17547124

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)