Description

SK 13 SE PARISH OF SUDBURY ASHBOURNE ROAD
3/37 (West Side)
Meynell Hunt Stables
GV II

Stable block and attached cottage. 1874-7 by George Devey. Red brick with orange
brick diaper work, Plain tile roofs with blue tile diaper pattern. Brick coped
Flemish gables with plain kneelers. Two brick ridge stacks, each with three
diamond plan shafts. One external lateral stack. Brick dentil eaves cornice.
One and two storeys. Irregular plan ranged around a courtyard. Asymmetrical
elevations, with square section flush stone mullion windows with brick relieving
arches. Four bay south elevation has a long single storey centre part with a Tudor-
arched double doorway with double chamfered surround and shaped parapet wall above.
Four buttresses to the right and above, two dormers with Flemish gables and 4-light
windows with circular keyed-in windows above. Projecting two storey bay to right
with Flemish gable, a 5-light window with a 3-light window above. Two storey tower
to left with first floor band, pyramid roof and square clock turret with ogee roof
and weather Vane. The ground floor has two 2-light windows and a 3-light window to
first floor. Brick wall continuing to left. Projecting ranges to west. Two storey
cottage projecting from the north east corner, with Flemish gables and one, two and
three-light windows. North elevation of stable block has 4-light windows to ground
floor and two Flemish gabled bays with upper 3-light windows. Further gabled bay
to right over carriage archway. The elevations within the courtyard have 2, 3 and
4-light windows and doorways with chamfered surrounds. Some windows are under
flat-topped gables with curved sides. The original stable partitions survive in the
north, west and east ranges. Source: Original drawings at the RIBA Drawings
Collection. The Stables cost £5,095.

Listing NGR: SK1569333686

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26531614

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