Gate Piers At South End Of Stable Yard Royle Hall Farm And Attached Cart Shed

BURNLEY

SD8234 HOLME ROAD, Stoneyholme 906-1/5/246 (West side) 29/09/77 Gate piers at south end of stable yard Royle Hall Farm & attached cart shed (Formerly Listed as: HOLME ROAD Gate piers and flanking wall at stable yard of Royle Hall Farm)

GV II

Gate piers with flanking screen walls and attached cart shed. Probably earlier C19; slightly damaged. Sandstone ashlar gate piers, otherwise sandstone random rubble, with stone slate roof to shed. Square gate piers approx 3 metres high, with sunk panelled outer faces, prominent moulded cornices and low moulded pedestals (probably formerly surmounted by ball finials); the west pier recently damaged by a vehicle. Almost full-height screen walls with pitched coping. 2-bay cart-shed attached at right-angles to the north side of the east wall, open fronted, with a square pier in the centre and another attached to the screen wall, and a pitched roof with gable coping and kneelers at the south end. Forms group with Royle Hall Farmhouse (qv) and with stable block at north end of yard (qv).

Listing NGR: SD8296534445