Description

ABERFORD MAIN STREET
SE43NW
LS25 (west side)
2/12 Stable block to
rear of Swan Hotel

GV II

Stable block, now stables and garage. Probably late C18, altered. Limestone,
stone slate roof. L-shaped plan, forming south and west sides of inn yard.
Two storeys;4:4 lst-floor windows;west range consists of 4 stables, with 4
doorways at ground floor (the middle 2 furnished with stable doors) and 4
square windows above, that at the left end blocked or blind and that at the
right-hand end filled with a painted signboard lettered:
J. HEATON
licensed
TO LET
POST HORSES
Post Hill
South range has a segmental-headed wagon doorway in the centre, modern garage
doors to the right, a doorway close to the junction like those in the other
range, a similar doorway at the left end altered as a window, and 4 square
windows at 1st floor (creeper at left end perhaps covering a 5th). All windows
and stable doors have splayed stone heads. Hipped roof. Interior: stable
at left end of west range contains original stall; otherwise, not inspected.

Listing NGR: SE4329037202

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428988

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