Stable Block Attached To West End Of Cuerden Hall

SD 52 SE CUERDEN SHADY LANE

Stable block attached to west end 3/98 of Cuerden Hall - GV II

Stable block to Cuerden Hall, early C19, subsequently enlarged, now offices. Brick with stone dressings, hipped stone slate roofs. Large U-shaped plan of 3 ranges (subsequently enclosed by later additions to make a square courtyard). Two storeys; outer walls topped by a high parapet with stone coping. Front (north) side incorporates, between brick pilasters, coupled round-headed entrance arches, that on the right leading into courtyard; above these the parapet is ramped, has pilaster strips enclosing a stone shield (3 animal heads bearing daggers in the teeth), and an apron. Left return wall of this range has similar brick pilasters and similarly ramped parapet with a clockface in the centre; and courtyard side has a hexagonal ogee-capped bellcote on the roof, a wagon door to left of the entrance arch. Courtyard wall of east range, stepped back at left end, has 8 tall windows with splayed brick heads alternating with lower openings with rounded jambs, all originally doors but 2nd to 5th now altered to make square windows; at right end is a high segmental-headed recessed bay. South range has 3 adjoined wagon doorways with gauged segmental brick heads. East range of courtyard, the outer wall of which conforms to the rest, incorporates a mid-C19 iron and glass roof supported by latticed girders on cast iron Corinthian columns.

Listing NGR: SD5637823929