Description

NU 20 NW ALNMOUTH HIGH BUSTON

10/14 Stableyard
buildings, and
attached wall,
to north of High
Buston House
GV II

Ranges around stableyard, and attached wall. Late C18. Good-quality squared
stone; Welsh slate roofs except for synthetic blue slates on south range.
Buildings around square yard with opening at south end of west range; south
range 2 storeys, other parts single-storey except for 2-storey end parts of
north range.

South elevation of south range 2 storeys, 2 + 1 + 2 bays, symmetrical.
Slightly-projecting open-pedimented centre bay has boarded double doors;
16-pane sash windows with 8-pane short sashes above, all windows with
slightly-projecting sills. Hipped roof. Attached wall at right end,
returning south to join north-east corner of house, is 1.5 metres high,
holding central gateway with monolithic pyramid-capped piers. Right return
shows blind window with 8-pane short sash above. Left return shows boarded
and slatted windows on 1st floor. At rear a boarded door and five loft
windows.
East range shows 2 stable doors and 4 slit vents; 2 blind windows at rear.
Shorter west range has late C19 middens built against inner face, and hip-
ended roof. North range has central pair of segmental arches on round pier
and responds; 2-storey part at left end has boarded door and external stone
stair to boarded loft door on outer return; 2-storey part at right end has
boarded door to rear. Both end parts have pyramidal roofs, and windows to
rear.

Listing NGR: NU2320808811

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26293780

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings