Description

SOUTH COWTON
NZ 20 SE
2/28 Stables approximately 100
metres to north-west of
Pepper Arden
- II
Stables, rear block now flats. Late C19. Red brick with yellow brick
banding, stone dressings and Welsh slate roof. Square courtyard with
central range of 2 storeys with clock tower. Classical style. Entrance
front, facing south-east: one storey, 15 bays. Central arched carriage
entrance with stone architrave and keystone. To either side Tuscan columns
on a plinth with frieze and cornice. A patera to either side of keystone.
Pediment with stone mutule-cornice. Flanking bays separated by brick quoin
pilasters. Stone band at plinth height. A raised brick panel to each bay.
End bays break forward and have arched sashes with keystones under stone-
coped pediments with ball finials. Stepped and cogged cornice with stone
coping. Central range: 2 storeys, 15 bays. Central bay breaks forward.
Round arched doorway with fanlight. Segmental-arched 4-pane sashes to
either side with board doors with segmental arches in bays 3 and 13. First
floor band. Central arched window breaking into open pediment with stepped
and cogged eaves. Ashlar coping. To either side brick pilasters separate
bays with stepped and cogged eaves. Stone cornice. Central clock tower
with clock face in round stone surround. Pyramidal roof surmounted by
square stone bellcote. Wings to either side: 9 bays, one storey, in same
style as central range. North-east range with carriage arch. Hipped roofs.
Rear range: one storey, 24 bays, 4-pane sashes with segmental brick arches.
4-panel doors with segmental brick arches in bays 2, 15, 22. Same style as
central range,and,at rear,of 2 storeys with carriage arches.

Listing NGR: NZ2958002022

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26601811

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