Coach House And Stables Approximately 150 Metres South Of Elsham Hall

ELSHAM B 1206 TA 01 SW (east side, off) 5/15 Coach-house and stables 6/11/67 (Stables only) approximately 150 metres south of Elsham Hall GV II Stables and flanking wing walls. Mid C19 for T G Corbett. Red brick in Flemish bond with limestone ashlar dressings. Pantile roof. Wooden lantern with lead roof. Rectangular on plan, forms north-east range of farmyard. 2 storeys, 9 bays: 1:3:1:3:1, with single-bay pavilions to centre and wings, linked by lower 2-storey recessed sections. Single-bay wing walls to each side. Plinth. Entrances to centre and wings have rubbed brick round arches with raised ashlar keystones and impost bands, recessed 2-leaf doors with fielded panels. Recessed bays each have 3 ground-floor openings with rubbed brick flat arches and raised ashlar keystones, C20 casements and iron bars. First floor: keyed oculi to centre and wings, containing clockface to centre and windows with radial glazing bars to wings; recessed bays have 4 small Gothick ogee-arched carved ashlar ventilators, with 2 larger similar ventilators above flanking an inserted square wooden hatch. Moulded ashlar cornice, pedimented gables to centre and wings. Central square-plan lantern astride roof with plinth, angle pilasters, Gothick ogee-arched ventilators to each face, plain entablature with moulded cornice, and pyramidal roof with tall ball finial and weathervane. Wing walls (that to right shortened in C20) with ashlar plinth and coping, ramped down to ends with ball finials. Left and right returns of stables: first-floor round-headed doorways flanked by segmental-headed casements with rubbed brick arches and ashlar keystones. Interior: entrance hall has round-arched door flanked by narrower round arches with 3 round-arched openings and moulded cornice above; 6-bay arcade screen to former stalls on each side, with tapered columns supporting round arches with keyed archivolts and moulded cornice above; keyed round-headed surrounds to windows. First-floor room to left wing, partly derelict at time of resurvey, has ornate plasterwork panelling, overmantel and fragmentary cornice; finely-constructed collar and tie-beam roof to side bays with king-post and angle struts. Ground floor used as shop and gallery; part of first floor used as house at time of resurvey.

Listing NGR: TA0309911847