Description

SHIPTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD HIGH STREET
SP 2617-2717
(east side)
7/62
Ayton and Shipton
Court Stables
- North Wing
GV II
Former stables, converted. C17 ranges incorporated in circa 1903-06 remodelling by
Perkins and Bulmer. L-plan, the road front angled; Vanbruggian style. Rubble with
ashlar dressings and hipped Cotswold stone roofs; C20 corniced stone ridge chimney.
Single storey in appearance, l½ storeys in fact (through conversion). The main
feature of the road front is an arched gateway to right of centre in gabled ashlar
break: this has ball finials, segmental arch and imposts extended as bands in both
directions above arched windows, 3 to left and one to right; raised quoins. 1903-06
panelled doors with good Art Nouveau style metalwork. the multi-gabled south wing
has been altered and modernised, one original 2-light mullion window at east end;
this front is important for its contribution to the formal setting of Shipton Court
(qv).

Listing NGR: SP2770317557

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26649594

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2