Outbuilding To North Of Old Vicarage With Attached Yard Walls

ACKLINGTON ACKLINGTON VILLAGE NU 20 SW (South side) 7/6 Outbuilding to north of Old Vicarage, with attached yard walls GV II

Outbuilding and yard walls, 1861, probably by James Deason. Snecked stone with tooled ashlar dressings; graduated Lakeland slate roof. One storey, 5 narrow bays: 2 segmental arches holding boarded double doors, a stable door in chamfered surround, a 6-pane casement and a stable door in an inserted opening. Coped gables on moulded kneelers; small ridge stack with chamfered cap. Left return shows buttress and slatted gable opening; right return shows boarded pitching door in chamfered surround. Rear elevation to street shows pair of blocked slit vents near left end.

South yard wall joins south-west corner of outbuilding with north-west corner of Old Vicarage (q.v.), and holds central gateway flanked by low buttresses. North wall joins north-east corner of outbuilding and runs east, stepping in to enclose former midden, to gateway with buttress on left; coping steps up to taller return linking to east end of Old Vicarage kitchen wing. Gabled copings throughout.

Outbuilding contained coach-house, groom's room, cartshed, stable and cow byre.

C20 outbuildings against north wall are not of interest.

Listing NGR: NU2268501912