Description

STOKE ROCHFORD STOKE ROCHFORD PARK SK 92 NW 6/167 Stables immediately north of Stoke Rochford Hall 14.7.1978 G.V. II Stable block and carriage house. 1841-5, with C20 alterations. By William Burn for Sir Christopher Turnor. Squared coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings, slate roofs and octagonal ridge stacks. Courtyard plan, linked to service wing of main house. Single storey with attics, 9 bay entrance front with plinth, moulded cornice, plain parapet, slightly advanced gabled end bays. Central semi-circular headed archway with 3 rusticated voussoirs, flanked by panelled pilasters having moulded cornices, topped by urns. Over the arch is a coped gable with square bellcote supported on semi-circular arches and with an ogee stone roof. The entrance is flanked by pairs of single light windows with beyond 2 glazing bar sashes. The end gables contain 2 light windows and are coped with ball finials. The inner walls contain glazing bar sash windows and opposite the entrance are 6 segmental carriage openings with C20 brick blocking.

Listing NGR: SK9180028134

External Links

• Wikidata Q26315674

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