Description

SU 93NW WITLEY C.P. WITLEY PARK

8/323 Stable Block,
Witley Park

II

Stable block, originally to Lea House, now part cottages. 1896 by H. Paxton-
Watson in Free Tudor style. Snecked sandstone with restored plain tiled roofs
and tile hung casement dormers. Rectangular plan of 4 ranges around central
cobbled courtyard. Single storey ranges with two stage entrance tower to
North side. North Range - Entrance Elevation:- Projecting gable end to left
with stable door under transome light to ground floor right. One 6-light
cambered head window above. Domed turret on angle of roof with 4 windowed
range to left of central, 2-stage tower. 4-light casement window to centre
gable, diagonal leaded oriel window below in square panel and on keystone over
arched central throughway between flanking buttresses. Stone bay to right of
gateway with chamfered angle squinch. Two stacks on range to right of tower
with irregular casement fenestration below including three 4-light windows,
one 3-light and one 8-light mullioned and transomed window. Bullseye window
to left of centre. North Range - Courtyard Elevation:- Two stacks on range
to left of tower with flat roofed dormer between double gable to left of
tower with one 4-light casement to each on the first floor, four mullioned and
transomed windows below. Two doors to ground floor left and one arched door to
right, adjacent to the tower. Two storey tower to centre buttressed on lowest
stage flanking arched throughway with double panelled doors. One 4-light
window above and a single window in a deep reveal to the gable apex. Range
to right of tower with stable doors and central door under transome light.
East Range - Courtyard Elevation:- Domed turrets to corners. Large gable to
centre with central loft door in flanking lights. Rounded D-section ashlar
piers below either side of centre with stable dears between. South Range -
Courtyard Elevation:- Single storey with end mullioned and transomed windows.
Large door to left of centre and two mullioned windows. Further door between
two arched and panelled doors in chequerwork frontispieces with eyebrow hoods
supported on battering buttresses.

PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) p.531.

Listing NGR: SU9257739613

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26619045

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)