Description

TM 48 NE
2/38

MUTFORD
DAIRY LANE
Ash Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Late C16 with considerable C18 and C19 alterations and additions.
Mainly red brick, partly timber frame core; remains of stucco render to the
south facade. Roof of glazed black pantiles. 2 storeys and attic. The older
ranges have an L shape plan, with C19 additions within the angle to the west.
The main feature is the south facade which has a crowstepped gable end with 3
original window openings, diminishing in size upwards, and 2 futher windows in
the section adjoining. The openings have moulded brick and stucco pediments.
All the windows are later, smaller insertions. Moulded string course at first
floor level. Between the 2 ground floor windows is a later pedimented doorway
with inset 6-panel door (the upper 4 panels glazed). To the west gable end is
an original external stack with 3 grouped flues rising from a moulded base;
the caps are missing. The east side of the north range was re-fronted in mid
C19: casement windows under yellow brick segmental arches; 2 6-panel doors.
There is a large external stack at the south end, perhaps an earlier one
rebuilt. The dog-leg stair (apparently rebuilt) incorporates C16-C17 turned
balustrading and newel posts with acorn finials. Some original internal
doors.

Listing NGR: TM4798089089

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635583

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Recommended Books

• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House