Residential properties - South Ash Road
This page lists the residential properties in South Ash Road which runs in a southerly direction from the junction with Pease Hill at the Stansted Parish boundary and continues as Ash Lane near South Ash Manor.
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1 Rumney Cottages
One of a pair of small semi detached cottages originally built for farm workers in connection with Rumney Farm. They first appear in records in the 1861 census and over the years they have been known by different names, namely; Homefield Cottages 1871, Forge Pond 1891, Sparkes Cottages 1901, Romney Cottages 1921, Rumney Farm Cottages 1954. There was a large pond next to them in 1914. They were increased greatly in size in the 1990s.
2 Rumney Cottages
One of a pair of small semi detached cottages originally built for farm workers in connection with Rumney Farm. They first appear in records in the 1861 census and over the years they have been known by different names, namely; Homefield Cottages 1871, Forge Pond 1891, Sparkes Cottages 1901, Romney Cottages 1921, Rumney Farm Cottages 1954. There was a large pond next to them in 1914. They were increased greatly in size in the 1990s.
Westwood Lodge
Westwood Lodge was created in 1967/8 from the conversion of a previous bungalow on the site named “Rhodesia’. The previous bungalow had been on the site since 1933. In 1841, Taplands Cottages had existed on the same site, but slightly to the south and in 1914, two semi-detached dwellings existed slightly to the north. These dwellings no longer exist.
Anchor & Hope House
Originally a timber-framed house built in 1537, it became a coaching inn at an unknown date. In the 1851 census, Harriet Goodwin was recorded as living there as a Grocer and Beer House Keeper, and it continued as such until the 1920s. Around that time, it came into the possession of the Bayley family and was run by them as a Public House until the 1980s. It closed as a Pub in January 2018 and was vacant for five years before being demolished in 2023 following a serious fire. The site has since been redeveloped as a single mixed-use building, with commercial space on the ground floor and residential space on the first floor.
Rumney Farm
The farmhouse has a framed structure dated to the 1500s with 18th century alterations. It was Grade II listed in 1984. Notable occupants were the Hodsolls from South Ash Manor, Richard Walter and his family, who were tenants of the Scudder family in the early 1800s and, from the early 1930s to 1969, the land was farmed by John Hollands and his family. After that, the house became detached from the farmland. Over the years, the farm has varied in size from around 80 acres to 200 acres and has had two cottages nearby for farm workers. It has been known by different names over the years: Bakers 1671; Homefield House Farm 1841; Brumley Farm 1851; Home Farm 1881; Sparkes Farm 1891; Romney’s Farm 1901; Romney Farm 1939. The current name Rumney appears to be a version of Romney, which first appeared around 1900.
1 South Ash Road (Kirby Cottage)
One of two semi-detached farm workers cottage built in the second half of the 19th century. They are curtilage listed in connection with south Ash Manor. The Stansted Parish boundary runs just to the south so this property is in the Parish of Ash-cum-Ridley.
2 South Ash Road
One of two semi-detached farm workers cottage built in the second half of the 19th century. They are curtilage listed in connection with south Ash Manor. The Stansted Parish boundary runs just to the south so this property is in the Parish of Ash-cum-Ridley.
South Ash Manor Farm Cottages
Originally numbers 3 and 4 South Ash Road, these two 17th century farm cottages were remodelled into one dwelling in 1990s for the owner of the London Golf Club. The properties were Grade II listed in 1967. The Stansted Parish boundary runs just to the south so this property which is in the Parish of Ash-cum-Ridley.
South Ash Manor
A timber-framed house built on stone foundations which date back to the 12th century. In the 14th century, the house was substantially developed by the Hodsoll family, after whom the nearby hamlet of Hodsoll Street is named. The manor house was Grade II* listed in 1952. Since the early 1990s, the house and land have been part of the estate of The London Golf Club and the manor house has been used as offices. The Parish boundary runs lengthways through the building with the southern half being in Stansted and the northern half in Ash.
1 Bouts Corner Cottages
The property is in the Parish of Ash-cum-Ridley. Thought to have been built in the 1930s as farm labourer’s cottage on the Kingston Estate.
2 Bouts Corner Cottages
The property is in the Parish of Ash-cum-Ridley. Thought to have been built in the 1930s as farm labourer cottage on the Kingston Estate.