Description

ASTON-CUM-AUGHTON CHURCH LANE
SK48NE
(east side),
Aston
6/5 East Wing, Coach House
29.3.65 and West Wing,
Aughton Court
(formerly listed as
Aston Hall Stables
(Aughton Court)
Hospital)
GV II
Coach-house and stable-block now 3 dwellings. Dated 'HV/1826'. For Harry
Verelst of Aston Hall. Coursed, squared, dressed red sandstone, Westmorland
slate roofs. U-shaped courtyard plan with central coach-house linked by
screen walls to flanking stable wings. Coach House: 2 storeys, 1:3:1 bays.
Plinth, chamfered quoins. Recessed central bays have ashlar piers to glazed,
segmentally-arched carriage openings with triple keystones, the central
keystone with initals and date. Architraved door to bay 1; architraved 20-
pane sash to bay 5. 1st floor: short 10-pane sash in architrave to each bay.
Eaves cornice, hipped roof. Rear: channel-rusticated quoin strips; 9
segmentally-arched recesses at foot of wall beneath architraved window
openings; architraved doors to each end bay; cornice with ashlar blocking
course and central corniced stack flanked by scrolled brackets. East Wing,
linked to left of Coach house by corniced wall with door and glazed segmental
arch: 2 storeys, 5 bays. Ashlar plinth, chamfered quoins. Renewed, central,
panelled door in architrave flanked by renewed 20-pane sashes in architraves;
short architraved 10-pane sash to each bay on upper floor. Eaves cornice to
hipped roof with corniced ashlar stack above bay 2. West Wing: as East Wing
but much rebuilt on right including renewal of architraves in concrete; some
quoins on right formed in flush brickwork; stack removed. Link wall to Coach
House as on its left but without door or glazing to openings.

Listing NGR: SK4680085194

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26601073

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6