Ashleworth Manor

Heritage listing

Details ASHLEWORTH WHITE END SO 8025-8125 7/26 Ashleworth Manor 10-1-55 II* House. Said to be circa 1460, for Abbot Newbury of Bristol, but may be a little later; mid C19 probably by and for T. Fulljames; 1903 by W.B. Wood. Close studded timber frame, rendered panels, stone plinth; Sussex bond brickwork; tiled roof. 'H'-plan, 5 windows wide, central porch entrance side, wings 2 and 3 rooms deep, 2 1/2 storeys; single storey service wing one end. Front elevation to road: 'E' plan, whole jettied, 3 gables: windows all ovolo moulded externally, hollow chamfer internally, iron opening lights (probably all C19); all lights leaded. Ground floor storey- height panels, heavy corner and main posts, integral nib, curved brace to beam over. On right 4-light mullion and transom window, 3 mortices in beam over for original window head; main beam projects to support jetty. In set back to left 3-light casement, sill lowered, 3 mortices in beam over: blocked window on left against porch. Porch open on ground floor: bench seats each side, two 2- light open windows in sides, moulded ceiling beams; moulded door surround, original double-boarded door, blind panelling front, 'Y' knocker, Tudor arch with leaf decoration to spandrels. To left, curved brace to sill, 2-light casement, main post with central nib close to corner wing. Four-light casement in left wing: to left brick wall to yard, boarded door, brick gable with timber framed truss, king post with herringbone braces (1903 addition). First floor: moulded sill at jetty, applied moulded mid rail, framing 2 panels high between windows: curved braces corner posts to sill in each gable, moulded cambered tie beam to end gables, straight to centre, moulded collar to end gables, plain barge boards. Right gable 4-light casement, single light

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.