Ashley House is a 17th century cottage located at 15 Railway Trail in the parish of Paget

Paget

Paget is a surname, and may refer to:* Lord Alfred Paget* Almeric Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough* Arthur Henry Fitzroy Paget * Sir Bernard Paget, British General * Lady Caroline Paget* Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey...

, Bermuda

Bermuda

Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...

. The original structure is believed to date from circa 1650. The Bermuda Government has classified Ashley House as a Grade One listed property, one of only 60 such properties in the entire country. A Grade One listing is applied to properties that are of significant historic and/or architectural importance to the country.

Architectural features

• Extensive use of juniper wood
• Three large chimneys
• Chimneys separated from the roofline, indicating the prior existence of a thatched roof
• All original Bermuda Juniper
  Juniper
  Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, there are between 50-67 species of juniper, widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa in the Old World, and to the...
  
   beams
• Casement-style windows
  Casement window
  A casement window is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a...