Description

OWSTON OWSTON VILLAGE SE 51 SW, SE 51 SE 10/104 Owston Hall Stables 5.6.68 and attached walls enclosing courtyard (formerly listed as Owston Hall stables) GV II Stable-block. Late C18. For the Owston Hall estate. Roughcast rubble limestone, Westmorland slate roof partly replaced by asbestos sheets. U-shaped plan with front of courtyard enclosed by curved wing walls to a central gateway; covered exercise walk across rear, also a lower wing projecting from left return. 2 storeys, 2 : 3 : 2-bay centre with 3-bay front wings. Plinth. Pedimented central bays break forward and have 6-panel doors with 6-pane overlights and 1st-floor band beneath 6-pane sashes with projecting sills and flat brick arches; the central-bay openings set in a round-arched recess. Bays 2 and 6 are similar, bays 1 and 7 have ground- floor sashes with glazing bars. Wing on right: quadrant trough in angle with centre; left-hand bays have similar doors and sashes; bay 3 has a 2-storey round-arched panel with large boarded doors with overlight beneath 6-pane sash. Wing on left similar, its front end wall with blind windows in a round-arched panel; the wing set back on left with blind windows and end stack. Main range has hipped roof with yellow brick ridge stacks flanking the pediment. Rear: arcade of 2 : 2 : 3 : 2 : 2 bays with central gate and some arches partly walled and others blind; hipped roof extends beyond central part of stables.

Listing NGR: SE5499411192

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