Stable Block North Of Burrow Hall

BURROW-WITH-BURROW SD 67 NW 2/32 Stable block north of Burrow Hall 4-10-1967 GV II*

Stables to Burrow Hall (q.v.), c.1740. Sandstone rubble with slate roof. Half-H plan, with parallel wings projecting on west side. 2 storeys. The east wall has chamfered quoins, an entablature with blank frieze, and a central gabled projection. The latter has a Venetian opening in front of a recess containing a garden seat. Above is a window with a cyma-moulded stone surround breaking through the cornice. Under the gable is a keyed oculus. On the west side the central recessed wall has gabled projection which has a tall doorway with plain stone surround, moulded imposts, and a round head with keystone. Above, breaking through the cornice, is a lunette opening. The gables of the wings are treated similarly. On each side of the central gabled section is one bay. On the 1st floor each of these bays has a 6-pane sash in a cyma-moulded surround. The right-hand bay has a wide doorway with stone surround. The left-hand bay has its original doorway, which has a stone surround with moulded imposts, a round head with keystone and fanlight, and aprojecting hood on brackets. The walls of the projecting wings which face the courtyard are of 3 bays and have similar central doorways. The windows have cyma-moulded surrounds. Those on the 1st floor have 6-pane sashes except for the outer bays, which have pitching doors with similar surrounds. On the ground floor the windows are sashed with glazing bars, except for the left-hand bay of the southern wing, which has a door with stone surround. Inside, the northern wing retains its original timber stalls and has a ceiling with moulded cornices.

Listing NGR: SD6165975959