Stable Block And Attached Cottage

NZ 05 NW 10/131

HEALEY HEALEY HALL Stable Block and attached cottage

GV II

Cottage C17 and C18, stable block early Cl9. Cottage rubble with dressings, stable block squared stone with ashlar dressings; C20 Hardrow tile roof. Elevation to stable yard in 3 parts, each of 2 storeys. To left 3-bay stable: central boarded double doors with 4-pane overlight flanked by late C19 4-pane sashes; circular windows above, all in chamfered surrounds. Moulded eaves cornice; ventilation louvres on ridge. Left return shows boarded door beneath boarded pitching door with 4-pane overlight. Central part is gabled bay with external stone stair to 4-panel door, boarded door beneath stair. Right return 1 bay with 16-pane sashes. Right part, set back, 2 bays with central renewed door in alternating-block surround; windows altered C20.

Rear elevation: stable with 2 circular windows, central gabled bay showing massive roughly-shaped quoins and cut-back brick beehive oven; cottage to left shows blocked lst-floor door in heavy block surround.

Interior: central part of range (tack room with cottage bedroom above) has large ground-floor fireplace with massive chamfered lintel and domed brick oven inside on left; blocked doorway (visible from inside stable) has flattened triangular head in chamfered square frame. Roof of this part retains old principal-rafter truss with high collar, ridge and 2 levels of purlins. The central part of the range is the north end of the main block of the old Healey Hall, largely demolished in 1834. The altered part of the cottage is included as it forms an integral part of the range.

Listing NGR: NZ0046857893