Description

LEEDS

SE24SE COOKRIDGE LANE, Cookridge
714-1/2/632 (East side (off))
05/08/76 West stable block to north-west of
Cookridge Hall

GV II

Stables. Early C19, converted c1993. Probably for Robert
Wormald. Ashlar, low-pitched slate hipped roof. 2 storeys, 3
bays, added single-storey wing projects on left.
Main range: central pedimented bay breaks forward and has an
elliptical carriageway through the building with shaped
voussoirs and keystone, continuous impost band and round
window in pediment.
East (yard) side: wide doorway right with roll-moulded
surround, lunetted window right again, chamfered windows to
1st floor above impost band. Left: projecting bay has a
Venetian window in gable, right return rebuilt.
West front: small windows to ground floor, paired slit vents
above.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: probably part of the remodelling of the
estate buildings undertaken by Robert Wormald when he bought
the estate in 1820; he appears to have remodelled a farm
group; see Cookridge Hall (qv).

Listing NGR: SE2565940729

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655994

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