Description

ST 76 SE SOUTH STOKE MIDFORD ROAD (north side)

7/187 The Stables, The Old Chapel and the
Remains of the Chapel, Walls
1.2.56 enclosing the Stableyard, Coach-
house and Greenhouse to Midford
G.V. Castle

II*

Gothick style Stables, coach-house, chapel, stableyard and greenhouse; now
2 cottages (The Stables and The Old Chapel) with adjacent remains of the chapel,
the converted coach-house and the greenhouse. Circa 1810 for the Conolly family
of Midford Castle (q.v.). The Stables and The Old Chapel now occupy the former
stables and represent the main part of the group: Ashlar with a slate roof behind
an embattled parapet and octagonal terracotta chimneys on ashlar stacks.
2 storeys. Central round headed archway with plank doors; flanked by 2 narrow
buttresses with off-sets and pinnacles; 2-light casement window above with
Y-tracery in moulded mullions and surrounds and under dripmoulds; diamond glazing
pattern. Flanking the archway are the 2 cottages each with 2 pointed Gothick
style windows, which have lozenge pattern glazing under a fanlight; single square
headed window under an enriched lintel on first floor; blocked central doorways
with thin ribs of an arcade and a quatrefoil light over; angle buttresses at the
corners with off-sets and pinnacles; moulded string runs across whole facade.
To the rear and at the north-east corner of the Old Chapel is the tower of the
former chapel: coursed rubble with freestone dressings; 2 stage tower with angle
buttresses, pinnacles and an embattled parapet; Y-tracery windows to clock stage
with circular lights over; cupola with ball finial and windvane; the east side
has a projecting gabled porch with the Conolly arms carved on the face. From the
tower the ruins of the chapel extend to the north: walls ranging from 12 to 5
feet high with a 2-light decorated style window adjoining the tower. The
stableyard is enclosed by linking walls between the cottages, the chapel, the
coach-house and the greenhouse. The former coach-house has an ashlar gable end
with 2-light windows on the ground floor and a round-headed loft door above. To
the north is the greenhouse: embattled parapet, clasping end buttresses with
obelisk finials; 4 pointed windows and a central pointed doorway. (Country Life,
3.III.1944., 1O.III.1944.).

Listing NGR: ST7595461374

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Midford Castle at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q6842179

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