The Old Kennels Adjoining House And Yard Walls 60 Metres South East Of Walled Garden In Nunwick Park

SIMONBURN B 6320, Nunwick NY 8773 879738 (East side, off) 19/126 The Old Kennels, adjoining house and yard walls, 60 metres south- east of walled garden in Nunwick Park II

Kennel-block, former kennel-man's house and yard walls. Dated 1768. Ashlar and squared sandstone. House has Welsh slate roof and stone chimney. Kennel with walled yards on south, east and west; house on west side of south yard. Gothick style. Pointed doorways and windows with Y-tracery in flat-faced, chamfered surrounds.

Single-storey, 3-bay kennel block: central doorway, flanking windows and battlements on rubble south wall; similar features plus cross-loops on 2-bay ashlar returns; datestone inscribed L A I 1768 (Lancelot Allgood) below central embrasure on west return; large central opening and flanking doorways on north; roofless.

2-storey, 2-bay house: ashlar quoins; blocked doorway and 2-light window, with square opening above, on west; low-pitched roof with coped gables and end stack; flight of stone steps under pointed archway on north return; similar door and window details on rear.

South yard enclosed on 2 sides by tall flat-coped rubble wall; pointed archway near junction with kennel block. East yard enclosed on 3 sides by low ashlar wall with chamfered coping; raised section incorporating pointed archway in centre of east wall. West yard enclosed on 2'sides by low rubble wall with chamfered coping. A picturesque landscape feature; the kennel block is a roofless shell; the house is used for storage.

Listing NGR: NY8787273856