Description

TF 46 NE GUNBY GUNBY PARK

5/23 Western Stable
Block, Gunby Hall
3.2.67

G.V. II*
Stable block. 1736 with alterations of 1917. Red brick in
Flemish bond, ashlar dressings, hipped pantile roof with lead
dressings, weatherboarded timber clock tower with shaped lead
roof. 2 storey, 5 bay front arranged 2:1:2, the centre bay
slightly advanced. Plinth, first floor band and dentillated
eaves course. Central semi-circular arch with moulded ashlar
impost blocks and keystone inscribed 'WM 1736'. Planked double
doors. Flanked by pairs of glazing bar sashes with segmental
brick heads. To first floor a central oeil de boeuf with ashlar
surround, flanked by 2 glazing bar sashes to eaves. On the ridge
the clock tower has a dentillated cornice and a bellcote
supported on 4 panelled wooden columns. Above a weathervane,
wrought iron and gilded. Painted circular clock face. The clock
was designed by the brothers Adam for Hook Place, Hants., in
1778, and brought here in 1917 to commemorate the return of
Stephen Massinqberd from the Great War.

Listing NGR: TF4671566932

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q96278549

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