Former stable block circa 55 metres north east of Preston Tower (new)

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NU 12 NE 11/163

ELLINGHAM CHATHILL PRESTON Tower Cottage and Stable Cottage Former stable block circa 55 metres north east of Preston Tower (new)

(Formerly listed as Stable block c.60 yards north-east of Preston Tower (new), Preston)

GV II Former stable block with carriage house and two cottages. 1802 for Edmund Craster; extended c.1860. Dressed stone with Welsh slate roof and brick chimneys. L-plan. Two storeys.

Long wing on left, nine bays. Left four bays are addition of c.1860 with sash windows on ground floor and C20 casements above. Bays 5 and 6 have segmental carriage arches with boarded double doors above and between them an oval panel with a raven and the inscription: EDMD CRASTER/1802

To right a three bay stable with boarded door and flanking twelve-pane sashes. Five six-pane sashes on first floor. Short wing projecting on right is three bays. Two boarded doors and a twelve-pane sash on ground floor; three six-pane sashes above.

Long range has roof gabled on left with kneeler, ridged coping and three corniced ridge stacks of two conjoined shafts. Short range has roof hipped on right. On right return a dovecote with four small pigeon holes in stone screen. Lintel above dated 1803.

To rear a lean-to cartshed with four square piers and lintels.

Listing NGR: NU1847325462