Description

WEM RURAL C.P. ASTON
SJ 52 NW
11/122 Aston House
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28.10.60
GV II
Farmhouse, now house. Late C16 or early C17 with later additions and
alterations. C20 planted timber frame with rendered infill concealing
original timber frame; rendered plinth and slate roof. H-plan. 2
storeys and attic. Framing: entirely planted but gables have slight
overhangs supported on carved corner brackets. Central 2-storey porch
now with hipped roof retains wooden benches supported on carved C17
brackets and original nail-studded inner door in moulded wood surround.
Late C19 mullioned and transomed windows with leaded lights to ground
and first floor of gables and small C19 hip-roofed dormer in roof slope
to centre of hall range. Prominent red brick ridge stack in 2 sections,
to right of hall range and axial Grinshill stone ridge stack with triple
rebated shafts and moulded capping and base to left. Interior: inspection
not possible at time of resurvey (March 1986) but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SJ5294828631

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26555270

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)