Greenwood Manor

Heritage listing

Details ASHTON 1743/0/10081 ASHTON WOLD 17-DEC-09 Greenwood Manor GV II Also Known As: Former Gardener's Cottage, Ashton Wold Greenwood Manor, formerly known as the Head Gardeners Cottage, built c.1900 by William Huckvale for Charles Rothschild. MATERIALS: Constructed with coursed, irregular sized, rock-faced limestone blocks, topped with steep gable roofs covered in Collyweston slate with ashlar stone detailing. PLAN: The building is of two storeys with a shallow 'U' plan formed by two broad projecting gables to the north on the principal elevation. EXTERIOR: There are two paired axial stacks and a single stack on the right hand gable, constructed in coursed and ashlar stone. On the north elevation, the gable to the left (east) has ground floor openings to the coal-store, with planked door and three top lights, and a single window with drip mould to the larder. Above is a deeply recessed mullion window with ashlar stone surround. The right (west) gable has a mullion window stair-light with single light above at the gable apex. Recessed between the two gables, is a ground floor mullion window with sweeping pent roof and dormer above. The south elevation has a central two storey projecting bay window with four-light mullion and transom window and single panes to the sides at ground floor and four-pane mullion window at first floor.The bay is flanked by a single light to the left and two-light mullion to the right. The main entrance lies to the west where a plank door leads into a porch with hall beyond. The rear entrance to the east, which faces the walled garden, has a planked door (complete with door bell inserted intothe door surround ) under a C20 single-storey glazed porch between two outshots with Collyweston slate roofs and parapet copings. In the left outshot is

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.