Northern Range Of Service Buildings

DODCOTT CUM WILKESLEY C.P. COMBERMERE PARK SJ 54 SE Northern range of 6/24 - service buildings GV II Service range and water tower. Early C19. Red brick with a slate roof. Two storeys. Court facade: 9 bays with cambered headed 3-light windows to the ground floor and stable doorways and to the first floor 2 and 3-light casement windows. The right hand side of this range has a recessed central portion with a blind window to the ground floor with Y-tracery and above this 5 small lancets with a Tudor hood mould and cross-shaped arrow slits to either side. Above this is a cyma-moulded stringcourse and a -battlemented parapet above. To either side, projecting slightly are single storey wings, that at right having a doorway at left with cross-shaped arrow slit at right. Buttress with offsets to the left hand corner and octagonal turret to right hand corner. The left hand projection has a central window with Tudor hood mould and battlemented parapet. The rear of this range which faces onto the entrance court of the abbey and connects with it has a single storey wall divided into 10 bays by buttresses with offsets to their tops and two cross-shaped arrow slits to either end. There is a battlemented parapet to the top of the wall and at the left hand corner is an octagonal turret and to the second bay from right is a water tower rising to a second storey, both towers also having battlemented parapets.

This item is included for group value.

Listing NGR: SJ5877244104