Ashlawn — Newport Street

Detached three-bay two-storey almshouse, extant 1845, on a rectangular plan; three-bay two-storey rear (east) elevation. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Renovated, ----, to accommodate continued alternative use. For sale, 2011. Now disused. Replacement pitched fibre-cement slate roof with ridge tiles, lichen-spotted concrete coping to gables with drag edged tooled cut-limestone chimney stacks to apexes having cut-limestone stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed walls with repointed cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Pointed-arch central door opening with overgrown threshold, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surround framing replacement timber panelled door having overlight with interlocking Y-tracery glazing bars. Pointed-arch flanking window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing three-over-three timber sash windows having interlocking Y-tracery glazing bars. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds centred on drag edged tooled cut-limestone keystones framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing three-over-three timber sash windows. Set back from street in unkempt grounds.