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Stables at Nostell Priory

A Grade I Listed Building in Huntwick with Foulby and Nostell, Wakefield

Stables South Range, Nostell Priory

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South range: (by Robert Adam) consists of a large Riding House with flanking
Green House and Garden House terminating in pavilions; the 5-bay south front
of the Riding House has pilasters, a central 3-bay bowed loggia of giant
round-headed arches, matching blind arches in the outer bays. The Garden House (left)
and the Green House (right) are both 5-bay Doric colonnades, but that to the
left is blind except for small windows at the top of the 2nd and 4th bays,
while that to the right has 2-stage glazing in each bay, with arched lights
(and these columns have wooden cladding). The end pavilions have Venetian windows at ground floor,
6-pane sashes above, and pyramidal roofs with chimneys to the outer side
walls. The arcade to the greenhouse otherwise similar to that of the Riding House except
for doors in the 2nd and 4th bays, the arcade to the Garden House formerly
open but now glazed.

Uploaded by Karen Lee on 28 February 2014

Photo ID: 99017
Building ID: 101253558
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