Ashley House
ASHLEY HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1363629
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-1960
- List Entry Name:
- Ashley House
- Statutory Address:
- ASHLEY HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1363629
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-1960
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 24-Jul-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Ashley House
- Statutory Address 1:
- ASHLEY HOUSE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ASHLEY HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Box
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 80640 67756
Details
ST 86 NW BOX ASHLEY
2/3 Ashley House (formerly listed as West Ashley House 20 12 60 and East Ashley House)
II
House, now subdivided, c1840, ashlar with slate roofs and ashlar stacks. One storey and attic with large basement storey to south front. Asymmetrical classical villa with principal fronts to west and south. Heavy classical to Italianate detail. Basement has channelled rustication with large torus moulding over, main features at right end of north and west fronts are framed in raised rusticated quoin pilasters with moulded bases and caps. Moulded cornice all around and moulded eaves cornice over attic. All windows are 4-pane sashes, larger and with architrave frames to principal floor. East entrance front has large scale pedimented Roman Doric portico at right side, pilaster responds and arched doorway with double doors and traceried fanlight. Small square dome over. Return on north front has arched recess similar to front door and attic window over. To right central 2-window range with channelled basement and then pavilion, projecting with pilaster quoins, applied pediment to attic and main floor window in elaborated architrave with stone balcony on heavy brackets. Return on west front has canted 3-storey bay to left one-window range centre and right end projection with pilaster quoins and canted 3- storey bay. Channelled basement to centre. South end wall stack. To left of east front is service range, first 2-storey with infilled elliptical carriage arch in rusticated walling flanked by doors in flat porches. Attic floor over, then, running east, single storey 4-window range of 12-pane sashes in architraves breaking through a raised band. At east end, 2-storey pavilion with hipped roof, recessed square upper window and advanced lower floor with quoins, raised band and 12-pane sash breaking band. Property is now divided into four, known as East Ashley House, Lawnwood, Ashley Groome and Ashley Mews.
Listing NGR: ST8064067756
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 316859
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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