Buildings And Yard Walls To North Of Bilton House

NU 21 SW LESBURY BILTON

7/90 Buildings and yard walls to north of Bilton House GV II

Coach house, stable and outbuildings and attached walls. Second quarter of C19, perhaps incorporating C18 parts. Roughly-squared stone with tooled-and- margined quoins and dressings; Welsh slate roofs. Ranges on north and east of rectangular yard.

North range 3 + 2 storeys, 3 bays. Taller coach house on left has boarded double doors under segmental arch; coped gables; square wooden dovecote on ridge with two tiers of arched openings and pyramidal cap. External stone stair (lower section removed) on left return up to 2nd-floor boarded door. 2-bay stable on right has doorway in right bay and irregular fenestration. One slatted window, other part-boarded, all in old openings with chamfered alternating-block surrounds and slightly-projecting sills. 3.5-metre high attached wall with blocked openings set back to left of coach house.

East range single storey, 4 irregular bays. Elevation to yard shows 2 stable doors and cart entrance with timber lintel at right end; roof hipped to right. Rear elevation shows 3 boarded doors and 3 windows, all in old chamfered surrounds; boarded double doors to far left.

Yard wall joins south-west corner of east range to rear wing of house: 2 metres high with gabled coping, and central gateway.

Listing NGR: NU2263810840