Description

ST STEPHEN IN
SW 95 SW BRANNEL
3/122 The Stack House
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II

Engine house; converted into a house. Late C19 with C20 alterations. Granite rubble
with brick dressings. Asbestos slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends. There is
a C20 stack at the rear gable end, and the original chimney for the engine house is
attached to front right.
Plan: Rectangular plan engine house, with chimney attached at the front gable end to
right, the bob wall formerly at the rear gable end. Converted into a house in the
C20.
Exterior: 3 storeys, asymmetrical front gable end. Ground floor has C20 half-glazed
door with segmental arch. First and second floors have C20 2-light 8-pane casement
with round brick arches. To right there is the attached chimney, of circular plan
and tapered, truncated and now only rising to the height of the roof ridge. At the
right side, there are two similar windows at ground floor one at first floor and a 2-
light 3-pane casement with round brick arch at second floor. The left side is built
on a cellar, with half-glazed door at ground floor and two 2-light 3-pane casements,
smaller blocked window at first floor. At the rear is a round-arched blocked opening
for the beam; second floor has 2 C20 4-pane casements with granite lintels. At the
base of the wall there is a channel with granite walls to right and left as housing
for machinery.
Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW9323052783

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26436859

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)