I suspect that at one time, many moons ago in the long forgotten annals of history, there was a fire that burnt up a row of ash trees, and this farm house was named after it. Odd I know, but I can't think of anything else. The farm house is a grade II listed building, but, unfortunately little remains of the original. The roof was being renovated by the owner shortly after he bought it, but during a storm, it must have been a very severe storm, the roof structure was demolished so he had to build a new one! It is covered with natural (Argentinean) slate, but as the property dates back to 16something, slate would not have been used; pan tiles would have been the order of the day. But, it was ‘listed’ with slate, so it has to be slate and don’t argue with the conservation officer, because he knows best. Originally I doubt there was a parapet wall in front of the roof; it was built to stop slates from slipping. It was never meant to have a parpet wall, but it was listed with one, so...It was re-built, but, though I say it myself, with little finese, which in my view rather detracts from it. Unfortunately there was not much else left of the original house, because many of the ‘cross beams’ had also been replaced, but they would have looked far better had they been a little more ‘distressed’, which was how I felt at the end of the day…   more »