Former Postillions House At South-East Corner Of Stable Yard

SJ 4160 EATON C.P. EATON PARK 9/66 Former Postillion's House at south-east corner of Stable Yard

GV II*

Postillion's House 1873 by Alfred Waterhouse for 3rd Marquis of Westminster. Buff stone with roof of graded grey slates forming-a truncated pyramid with dormer gables at base. 3 storeys, 2 windows; joined to Chapel (q.v.) by 2 storey wing with arcaded passage in lower storey. Leaded corner spirelets. 2 symmetrically placed banded stone chimneys with circular flues; larger chimney to north. Octagonal corner buttresses. Windows have shaped mullions and transomes and patterned leaded glazing. Central half-dormers to south, east and north, the southern one carved. 2 full-dormers, one carved, to west. Entrance from the former Hall is via the chapel narthex and the arcaded passage; from the stable yard by a pentice-roofed porch. The east side shows the marks of a demolished wing. Interior: Not inspected. The house, in C16 chateau style, and the Chapel were designed as the northern wing to the former Hall, to be seen from the garden (east) and the entrance court (west).

Listing NGR: SJ4141960772