Numbers 1-3 The Carriage House

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NZ 1685 9/32

MTTFORD MITFORD HALL Mitford Hall Drive

Numbers 1-3 The Carriage House

(Formerly listed as: Stables to north of Mitford Hall, with attached kennels and yard wall)

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Stable range, probably c.1820 for the Mitford family by John Dobson. Squared tooled stone with tooled-and-margined dressings; Welsh slate roof, wood and lead cupola. Ranges on 3 sides of rectangular yard.

North range 7 bays. Central 2-storey, 3-bay section has plinth, 1st floor band and moulded eaves cornice; segmental arches, the central open, flanked by boarded double doors, windows over. Coped gables; stepped-and-corniced left end stack, reduced right end stack. Central cupola on ridge has square base with clockface, carrying drum with louvred openings between 6 pilasters; conical roof with weathervane. Single-storey flanking sections with boarded doors and various sash windows. Single-storey east range shows 2 pairs of boarded doors and 16-pane sash; roof hipped to right. Single-storey west range shows various sash windows; coped gable to left with stepped-and-corniced stack. All openings in alternating-block surrounds. Pedimented gable ends.

External elevation of north range shows three 20-pane sashes to 1st floor; to left of entrance, attached single-storey kennel range with 3 boarded doors; and flat-coped wall to exercise yard.

Listing NGR: NZ1645685495