Ashow Village c. 1900

The Long Row, Ashow c. 1900.

Courtesy of Warwickshire CC, Rugby Library Local Studies Collection. Warwickshire County Record Office reference PH827/5/39. Photographer Rev. E. Dew

Cottages at Ashow c. 1900.

Courtesy of Warwickshire CC, Rugby Library Local Studies Collection. Warwickshire County Record Office reference PH827/5/41. Photographer Rev. E. Dew

Avon footbridge, Ashow c. 1900.

Courtesy of Warwickshire CC, Rugby Library Local Studies Collection. Warwickshire County Record Office reference PH827/5/40. Photographer Rev. E. Dew

Ashow Long Row.

Image courtesy of Anne Langley

Ashow cottage, 2015.

Image courtesy of Anne Langley

Footbridge over river Avon at Ashow.

Image courtesy of Anne Langley

Ashow is a village hidden away down a cul-de-sac near Stoneleigh Abbey. The charming timber-framed cottages have been altered since 1900, which caused me some problems in identifying them. Many of the low thatched rooves have been raised and tiled.

The Long Row

One row is called – very appropriately – ‘The Long Row’. This was rebuilt in the 1970s using old materials on the footprint of the old cottages. The other row of cottages has had the end wall rebuilt (hiding or replacing the timber frame).

Ashow footbridge

The footbridge over the Avon at Ashow (which still survives) is reached down a footpath leading out of the village through the churchyard. The Avon here is large and placid, with weeds growing in it. The banks are overgrown and trees have grown up. The footpath goes south towards Blackdown and Leamington.

A trip down the River Avon revisited

This is part of a series of ‘before and after’ photographs based on the Rev. E.N. Dew’s lantern slides for a talk about the Warwickshire Avon.