Description

SJ 90 NW
5/155

BREWOOD
FORMER STABLE RANGE AND ATTACHED COURTYARD BUILDINGS TO SOUTH
All Immediately to West of Somerford Hall

GV
II

Range of courtyard buildings associated with Somerford Hall (q.v.
ref. 5/100) comprising stable with grooms' quarters and tack room
(N), cottage (unoccupied at time of inspection, July 1991) and
storage block forming E and W sides of yard, dovecote to SE and
additional stable/storage range to S. Late C18/early C19. All
brick with stone dressings; tiled roofs. The stable frontage (N)
designed to complement the hall: central symmetrical 2:7:2 bay
2-storeyed range (the left (E) element windows, flanked by single
storeyed workshops). Central block, 'the outer bays pedimented and
slightly projecting', the pediments framing clocks. 'Continuous
moulded cornice and stone plinth. Windows under wedge lintels,
some with sashes; some blocked. Central doorway with plain
surround. Side bays each contained 2 segmentally-leaded arched
doorways, one only retaining original panelled double doors, the
other blocked. Single-storeyed ranges with similar details to
main elevation contained workshops, tack rooms etc. Minor
fittings survive internally. Connecting ranges to rear simply
treated, the cottage with irregular fenestration. Wagon entrances
to both. Dovecote, square on plan, with pyramidal roof surmounted
by octagonal leaded cupola. No openings otherwise except doorway
to E. Timber resting boxes all removed. S range with some
original features including cast-iron small-paned window,
diagonally planked doors and king-post roof. Buildings included
primarily for group value with Somerford Hall.

Listing NGR: SJ9002908189

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26291059

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments