Description

ASHOVER
SK3463 BUTTS ROAD
1264-0/11/16 (East side)
08/12/88 Stable Block to north of Butts
Grange
GV II
Stable block. Dated 1790, remodelled or rebuilt early to-mid
C19, and converted to a dwelling in 1990. Regularly coursed
squared Coal Measures Sandstone with ashlar dressings, coped
gables with plain kneelers and a concrete tile roof.
South-east elevation: 2 storeys, 5 bays, with 5 ground-floor
openings. The outermost doors are double openings, that to the
south-west end having a massive lintel spanning the opening,
and a heavily quoined surround. The opening to the north-east
end has an ashlar segmental arch with voussoirs and a
keyblock. Both openings have vertically planked doors. 2
single doorways to inner bays, both with semicircular arched
heads with key blocks and imposts, and flush jambs, one with a
semicircular glazed fanlight, the other with timber boarding
infill with vents. A central doorway has a massive lintel and
a quoined surround. 4 first-floor flush-mullioned 2-light
windows, with fixed lights having glazing bars, some also with
top-hung vents. Gabled dormer dovecote to centre, with coped
gables, ashlar facing to apex, with diagonally set 4-paned
square window, above 2 levels of projecting perches with
semicircular landing platforms, leading onto 5 entry holes at
each level. North-west elevation with central doorway, lintel
of which bears 1790 date in diamond surround; 2 lean-to
structures, one on either side of doorway, with flagged
theshold between: to south-west end, flight of stone steps to
first-floor doorway. South-west gable has blocked first-floor
taking-in doorway with quoined surround; now filled with
masonry.

Listing NGR: SK3461763192

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26513126

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Recommended Books

• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide