Description

WELTON MELTON
SE 92 NE
6/88 Coach-house and stables
at Melton Hill
- II
Coach-house and stables. Late C18; late C19 extension forming courtyard to
rear. Brick, colour-washed, graduated slate roof. Main range of central 2-
storey, single-bay block flanked to right and to left by lower 3-bay ranges,
slightly recessed. Central block has carriage entrance under elliptical
arch with impost band beneath a boarded taking-in door and eaves band:
oversailing eaves to pediment. To right and left ranges are 3 round-headed
blank arches each with a 4-pane window with a lower, linking light. Hipped
roof. The carriageway through the building runs under a rendered brick
groin vault of 3 bays on brick pilasters with caps. Boarded double stable
doors to end bays of carriageway on both sides. Rear elevation: central bay
similar but with flanking lean-to bays. Late C19 additions of no special
interest. This building was formerly the coach-house to Melton Hill
(demolished).

Listing NGR: SE9749426940

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499464

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)