Description

IRNHAM
TF 0226-0326 SWINSTEAD ROAD
(west side)

13/188 Old Stables

G.V. II

Former stables, gateway and carriage house, now house. C17,
altered mid C19 and C20. Squared limestone rubble, ashlar quoins
and dressings, Collyweston slate roof with raised stone coped
gables with single wall and moulded ridge stacks. Courtyard
plan. The front range of 2 storeys, of 7 bays, with central 4
centred carriage arch, flanked by projecting facetted 3 storey
towers with embattled tops linked by a parapet. Above the arch a
3 light window. The towers have single fixed diamond lights to
each floor and doorways to the inner sides. To the left are 2
single fixed cast iron lattice lights, and to the right a pair of
2 light windows. To first floor are to the left 5 and to the
right 4 two light windows. All windows have chamfered mullions,
ashlar surrounds and cornice. The rear range is connected to
the front by side walls and is of 7 bays and of large square
coursed limestone rubble, with chamfered plinth. Central
carriage arch with 4 centred head, now blocked, flanked by 3
cross mullioned windows, 2 of 3 lights and a single 2 light. To
first floor a central 2 light window is flanked by 2 three light
windows with 2 light windows beyond. All windows have chamfered
mullions, ashlar surrounds and cast iron lights. Although the
fenestration is C19 the walling and some details are clearly C17.

Listing NGR: TF0251226539

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26595313

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)