Description

SE 9790 HACKNESS HACKNESS TO SUFFIELD ROAD (south side, off)

11/54 Stable yard approximately 10 metres to south-east 13.12.51 of Hackness Hall with pumps attached to workshops

GV II

Stables, carriage sheds and workshops. c1795. Probably to a design by John Carr. For Sir Richard Van den Bempde-Johnstone. Finely-tooled sandstone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. Main stable block flanked by subsidiary stable block and by a range of workshops; range of carriage sheds closes yard on fourth side. Main stable block: 2-storey front on plinth, of 9 arcaded bays, the 3 centre bays pedimented and projecting. Arcade with hood-mould carried on pilasters with continuous impost band interrupted at centre by carriage arch. Carriage arch flanked by recessed radial-glazed windows beneath arches of shaped voussoirs, and 3 larger similar windows to each side. First-floor windows are unequal 12-pane sashes. Stone sills to all windows. Lower portions of ground-floor windows are slatted. Moulded eaves cornice and raking cornices to pediment. Keyed, radial-glazed oculus to tympanum. Cupola with weather-vane to centre of hipped roof. Yard front: carriage arch flanked by round-headed windows and 3-bay blind arcades on each side. Return fronts: a single bay to each continues the arcading and contains a tall recessed window beneath a round arch of shaped voussoirs. Subsidiary stable block. Yard front: 2-storey front on plinth, with 3 arcaded bays on each side of segmental carriage arch. Doors of 6 raised and fielded panels with radial fanlights to centre of each arcade, with radial-glazed windows on each side. Continuous impost band. Rear: 3- bay blind arcades on each side of carriage arch of shaped voussoirs. Round arches of shaped voussoirs on pilasters with imposts. 12-pane windows with stone sills to first floor. Moulded cornice. Hipped roof. Carriage sheds. Yard front: 2-storey front, on plinth, of 7 bays. Each bay comprises a round-headed carriage arch on square piers with imposts, containing harr- hung double doors of raised and fielded panelling. Rear: 7-bay blind arcade with arches of shaped voussoirs and continuous impost band. 12-pane windows with stone sills to first floor. Moulded eaves cornice. External stack with cornice rises above hipped roof between end bays to right. Workshops: single-storey, 7 bay range. Paired cart-sheds to left with double plank doors beneath segmental arches. Board doors beneath slatted overlights to workshops, including blacksmith's shop to right. Yard side: blind segmental arches some with small-pane windows with slatted lower portions. Interior of blacksmith's shop: a forge and bellows survive. Two pumps survive, one to left of the blacksmith's shop, and one to rear of workshop range, each with a lead plaque bearing the Johnstone winged spur and the date 1798.

Listing NGR: SE9717090471

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