Stable Block And Farm Buildings To Rear

ACOMB THE HERMITAGE NY 9365 20/27 Stable block and farm buildings to rear

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Stables and attached farmbuildings, c.1760 with buildings on north side of yard remodelled in early C19. Central gateway and fronts of end pavilions tooled- and-margined ashlar; remainder of front squared stone, rear parts coursed rubble, with tooled dressings. Lakeland slate roofs. Ranges around rectangular yard, those to rear (north) built into hillside.

South elevation 2 storeys, 2+3+1+3+2 bays, symmetrical. Plinth. Central entrance bay has keyed segmental arch with imposts, and moulded eaves cornice; flanking 3-bay parts each have central panelled door flanked by renewed windows, with latticed openings above, all in raised stone surrounds. 2-bay end pavilions each have boarded doors under boarded tympana with heart-shaped piercing, in segmental arches with imposts; 9-pane sashes above; pyramidal roofs, that of right pavilion with weathervane.

Ranges to rear of pavilions have 2-panel doors and stone-surround windows. 4-bay pent open cartshed at rear of front range west of gateway. To rear of yard, 3-bay cartshed/granary to left and pigsty/henhouses to right, with open midden between; granary and henhouses entered, at higher level from rear.

Midden enclosed by flat-coped wall ramped up on left of entrance; lower wall fronting pigsty has integral stone feeding chutes and troughs.

Listing NGR: NY9358165183