Description

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TM0458 CROWE STREET
614-1/4/60 Abbot's Hall: stables

GV II

Also known as: Museum of Rural Life: offices CROWE STREET.
Domestic stables with groom's accommodation to north end, the
latter now offices. Late C19. Red brick under pantiled roofs.
Block runs north-south with 2 cross-gables east and west, over
the junctions of which are decorative cupolas. Groom's house
attached to north. Cross gables each with 3 stepped rounded
lancets beneath a ventilation panel. 3 segmental-headed
centre-hung windows in centre block on west side. East side
with 2 polychromatic brick piers with 4-centred arches in
front of 2 carriage houses separated by harness room. Under
cross wings are stables with cast-iron columns and railings
and all original fittings. Harness room also with complete
fittings. Groom's house with 6-panelled door, 6/6 horned
sashes and a gabled dormer in front of a stack.

Listing NGR: TM0473758458

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585447

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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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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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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)