Description

WOOLHAMPTON UPPER WOOLHAMPTON
SU 56 NE
3/21 Old Stable Block And
9.9.69 Wall Adjoining To East
Approximately 10 Metres
To West Of Woolhampton
House

GV II

Stable block, now classrooms. C18 with additions of circa 1858 probably by
John Johnson. Red brick with plinth and plat band; old tile hipped roof with
6 irregularly placed stacks, 4 hipped dormers to south, central cupola with
tiled base, timber arched bellcote and ogival lead top with weathervane; 2central
3 bay triangular pediments with clocks in tympana that to north over project-
ting arched entrance. 2 storeys and attic; 9 bays, cross windows. North front:
central projecting 3 bay block with banded rustication to first floor; large
central arch with rubbed brick voussoirs and keystone, flanked by first floor
circular windows and ground floor casements with extended keystones. Doorway
in second bay from left; blocked archway in second bay from right with stone
impost blocks and keystone. One storey block to right with coped parapet, anti
2'blocked arches with stone impost blocks and keystones. South front: centre
3 bays slightly projecting; recessed arches in second, fifth, and eighth bays
with stone impost blocks, keystones, and arched windows. One storey block to
left with plat band, coped parapet and 2 blocked depressed arches with stone
impost blocks and keystones. One storey block to right with plat band, coped
parapet and 2 recessed depressed arched panels with stone impost blocks,
keystones and arched glazing bar sashes. Wall extending to right approximately
10 metres long and 4 metres high. C18, red brick; stone Doric doorcase with
triangular pediment to left, recessed arched panel with stone impost blocks and
keystones to right. Berkshire Architectural Guide, Betjeman and Piper, Murray,
1949, p.156.

Listing NGR: SU5763167518

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26449816

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings