Description

SE 4805 HICKLETON

HICKLETON HALL
12/71
Stable-block to
Hickleton Hall
induding
The Stable Cottage
and attached walls
and gatepiers

GV II

The Grade shall be amended to read II * (star)

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SE4805 HICKLETON HICKLETON HALL

12/71 Stable-block to
Hickleton Hall
including
The Stable Cottage
and attached walls
and gatepiers.

GV II

Stable-block now store and house with attached walls and gatepiers. Mid C18.
Possibly by James Paine for Godfrey Wentworth of Hickleton Hall, some work by
John Billington of Wakefield (Colvin, p111). Ashlar limestone; C20 cement-tile,
Westmorland slate and stone slate roofs. U-shaped plan with east side enclosed
by walls curving to central gatepiers, additional walls at north-east and south-east
corners terminate at gatepiers. Main (south) front facing Hickleton Hall: 2 storeys,
1:3:2:3:1 bays, the 3-bay parts recessed. Central, round-arched, carriage entrance
flanked by semi-domed niches in rectangular recesses; 6-pane casements above impost
band; pediment. Other bays have sashes with glazing bars to ground floor, continuous
impost band and 6-pane casements above, windows to bays 1, 3, 8 and 10 in round-arched
panels. Eaves cornice, hipped roof with ridge stack at each end. Courtyard: external
steps to south-west corner. West side has pedimented central bay. North side has
2 basket-arched carriage entrances (that to right infilled). Cottage at north-east
corner has attached garden wall and shield of arms on end wall.

Interior: original horse stalls to right of main facade. Later wing to north-west
corner not of special interest.

H. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, 1978.

Listing NGR: SE4820805244

Selected Sources

• Colvin, H M, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, (1978)

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