Description

LICHFIELD

SK1109NE THE CLOSE
1094-1/5/218 (North side)
06/03/70 The Palace Cottage and attached
former stables
(Formerly Listed as:
THE CLOSE
Former Stables of the former
Episcopal Palace)

GV II

Lodge and stables. c1870. Ashlar; tile roof with brick stacks.
Front to right. 2-storey, single-window, range with
single-storey range to angle of wall to left, L-plan stable
range to right. Coped gables with kneelers. Canted bay window
with 3 cross-mullioned windows and hipped roof, 3-light
mullioned window above, all with ovolo mullions and leaded
glazing; 2 cross-axial stacks with fillets and caps; range to
left has parapet, entrance with overlight to plank door and
trefoil-headed window to left. Stable has later re-entrant
block and cross-casement; plastered gabled wing with large
doors and shuttered pitching hole and triangular timber
dovecote, 2-light casements over garage doors to return.

Listing NGR: SK1153509829

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26513412

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)