Description

WESTON AND MEEDON HIGH STREET
SP54NE (North side)
Weston
4/203 Wall, stables, gates and
gatepiers at entrance to
Weston Hall

GV II

Gatepiers. C13. Limestone ashlar. Square-rusticated piers, moulded entablature
and urn finials with gadrooned bases and C19 double iron gates. Short section of
wall to left, squared coursed limestone and ironstone with stone coping, lintks
with autbuildinqs, C18, similar materials with slate roof and 4 bays of 9-pane
sash windows with wood lintels. Side facing the house has brick arches
(whitewashed) of unequal width (2 blocked). Hall continues to left with stone
coping for approx. 20 metres and a higher section with tiled coping for approx.
30 metres. Wall continues round at angle beside Home Farmhouse, and has upper
section rebuilt in brick. Interior: Stables have original teak stalls. Sir
William Walton is said to have composed the oratorio "Belshazzar's Feast" in the
harness room (Information from Francis Sitwell)

Listing NGR: SP5908546886

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26485832

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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