Stable Block At Withington Hall

WITHINGTON C.P. (Off) HOLMES CHAPEL ROAD SJ 87 SW

6/122 Stable block at Withington Hall (formerly listed as stables at Withington Hall) 14 4 67

GV II

Stable block. Dated 1797 on keystone. Red English garden wall bond brick with stone dressings, slate roof and lead and timber bell-cote. Open courtyard plan of two storeys. Courtyard front: stone plinth, 7 bay central range with projecting wings to either side of one-bay width and 3 bay's depth. Three central coach-house bays slightly projecting with rusticated stone piers at corners and between three sets of double doors. Semi-circular brick arches to doors all with keystones set to centre bearing the inscribed date. Stone band at eaves level with pediment above having circular clock face to centre. Octagonal bell cote above with lead cupola and ball finial. To either side are 2 bays within semi-circular-headed recessed arches at ground floor level with a stone band separating the floors. Stone sills to all windows. Upper sash windows of 4 x 2 panes. Courtyard fronts of wings each have 2 lateral ground floor doors with central 3 x 4 pane sash windows all within semi-circular headed slightly recessed panels. First floor windows of 4 x 2 sash panes, the two lateral windows on the left hand front being blind and the central bay at right containing a loft door.

Listing NGR: SJ8109472324