Description

SD 92SW TODMORDEN (former M.B.) DOBROYD ROAD

5/286 Former stables to
Dobroyd Castle

G.V. II

Stables now classrooms. 1865 by John Gibson for John Fielden. Pitch faced
stone with ashlar dressings, felt roof. 7 symmetrical bays, the central 3 of
which break forward in which is semi-circular arched entrance to inner
courtyard. To either side lunettes. Over is corbel table, string and
castellated parapet which rises to central bay to form square tower which has
circular opening (blocked), possibly for clock. False machicolation, castellated
parapet surmounted by weather vane. The outer bays have lunettes, deeper to
left.

Listing NGR: SD9293623889

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26427949

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)