Description

SP OO SE AMPNEY CRUCIS AMPNEY CRUCIS VILLAGE

5/20 The Coach House
(formerly listed with Ampney
Park as Stable Block")
4.6.52

GV II

Former coach house and stables, partly under conversion to private
house at time of survey (August 1985). Probably early C18 (rear
wall appears in Kip's engraving of Ampney Park (q.v.)), refronted
later C18. Rubble stone, faced in coursed and dressed stone on
plinth with alternating flush quoins, mostly stone slate roof with
some slate to west, and with slates removed on west end block,
still in grounds of Ampney Park. Coach house to left projects
forward from stable range, west block of stables also projects
slightly and turns corner to face west, forming 'L'-shape range.
The whole has tall ground floor with wide moulded cornice and with
tall parapet to stables. Coach house has first floor above cornice
and blind attic storey above second cornice. Three bays with large
segmental headed carriage arches to each bay, all double timber
doors probably of C19. First floor has 3 leaded 2-light stone
mullions with flush surrounds; 3 small blind single lights to
attic storey. Large external stack on left hand return. North
side of stable has four 2-light stone mullion and transoms with
iron casements, and 6-panel door with fanlight between windows one
and 2 from left. West side has 2 similar windows and similar door
between. Rear has 5 gabled dormers with twin 6-pane casements on
south side, similar to Kip's engraving.

Listing NGR: SP0648301934

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26625129

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)