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Summary

Description

Earlier 19th century. Rectangular-plan stable courtyard comprising single storey, 4-bay range to E; longer, single storey range to S with implement shed/cartshed to left, single bay projection off-set to right of centre, 3 further bays to right; taller, single storey, 8-bay stable range to W; 2-storey, L-plan corner block adjoining to NW with single bay facing E, 2 bays facing S; large modern brick-faced shed enclosing courtyard to N. Predominantly harl-pointed rubble sandstone (whitewashed in part); sandstone dressings (droved in part). Rubble quoins; long and short surrounds to openings; some raised margins; some projecting cills. Boarded timber doors; 2-pane fanlights.

E RANGE, W (COURTYARD) ELEVATION: 6-pane upper, vented lower (broken) window in penultimate bay to outer left; stable doors in flanking bays; large sliding timber door in bay to outer right. 2 pyramidal-capped ridge ventilators off-set to right of centre.

S RANGE, N (COURTYARD) ELEVATION: stable door in bay to outer left; single window in bay to right. Single column dividing implement shed/cartshed in subsequent bays to right; mono-pitched, single bay projection off-set to right of centre. Remaining 3 bays to right comprising single window at centre, single opening in bay to left, boarded timber sliding door in bay to outer right.

W RANGE, E (COURTYARD) ELEVATION: single door centred at ground; 2-pane fanlight; 4-pane upper, boarded lower window in bay to left; boarded stable door in subsequent bay to left; segmental-arched upper light in penultimate bay to outer to left; single door in bay to outer left; 2-pane fanlight. Segmental-arched upper light off-set to right of centre; stable door in subsequent bay to right; 2-pane fanlight; segmental-arched upper light in bay to outer right. Regularly-spaced skylights running full length of roof. 2-storey, L-plan wing adjoined to right with boarded timber door at ground; single window aligned above. W (REAR) ELEVATION: regularly-spaced segmental-arched stable lights in single storey block. Foliage obscuring 2-storey block to outer left.

N RANGE, S (COURTYARD) ELEVATION: large sliding timber doors at ground in bay to left; smaller sliding timber door in bay to right; 3-pane upper, vented lower squat window at 1st floor off-set to right of centre (hayloft?). Brick-faced modern range adjoining to right.

3-, 4- and 6-pane timber glazing (some shuttered timber vented lowers); predominantly metal grills to segmental-arched stable lights (plate glass windows to remainder); small, 2-pane skylights. Graded grey slate piended roofs to original ranges; terracotta ridge tiling; louvred, pyramidal-capped ridge ventilators; corrugated-iron roof to later projection. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIORS: stables, storage and tack room. Open timber ceilings; brick partitions forming stalls; concrete floors; predominantly rendered inner walls (whitewashed in part); some exposed random rubble.

COURTYARD: cobbled courtyard in part.

Statement of Special Interest

An interesting grouping with some good detailing. Of particular note are the boarded timber doors (some of which are stable doors), the small-pane upper, vented lower windows, the segmental-arched stable lights in the W range and the cobbled courtyard. Photographs held in the NMRS indicate that there was at one time, a larger wing projecting from the S range which divided the courtyard in two. This may explain the fact that today, only some of the yard is cobbled, for although there is still a wing projecting from the S range, it is by no means the size of the original and consequently, what was previously floor space is now exposed. The modern, brick-faced addition is not included in this listing. The later pedimented gateway, accessing the yard and adjoining the E range, is listed separately, as is the nearby Cranshaws Castle.

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