Description

SE31NE WALTON WALTON PARK

3/53 Stable block at Walton Hall

GV II

Stable block. Probably contemporary with Walton Hall (q.v.) c1768. Dressed stone, stone slate roof. Single storey. Rectangular-on-plan with open central courtyard. North and south elevations both have 2 tall segmental archways leading through to courtyard with rebate for doors. Other doorways and windows have plain stone surrounds. Square gutter brackets. Hipped roof. East elevation has elaborate central gabled doorway with engaged Tuscan columns, triangular pediment and open quatrefoil above with smaller circular hole to apex of coped gable. Later added farmhouse to north-east corner not of special interest.

Once housed up to 40 hunting and carriage horses for the Watertons of Walton Hall.

Listing NGR: SE3637016415

External Links

• Wikidata Q26599668

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)