Coach House And Dovecote At Hooton Pagnell Hall (Known As The Watertower) Including Attached Houses Known As Tower Cottage And Numbers 1 And 2 The Beeches

SE4807 HOOTON PAGNELL HOOTON PAGNELL HALL

11/106 Coach-house and dovecote at Hooton Pagnell Hall (known as The Watertower) including attached houses known as Tower Cottage and Nos 1 and 2 The Beeches

GV II

Coach-house and dovecote subsequently used as watertower and now garages; attached cottages now 3 dwellings. Dated 1787, C19 embattlements and alterations. Coursed rubble limestone, C20 cement-tile and stone slate roofs. 2-storey wings to 3-storey central tower; 3:3:5 windows to 1st floor. Large quoins. Central block has 3 basket-arched carriage entrances with imposts. 1st floor has round-arched doorway with projecting imposts and keystone; flanking casements in square-faced surrounds. Diocletian window to 2nd floor flanked by blind oculi. Lozenge-shaped panel bears date. Oversailing course beneath embattled parapet with roll-moulded merlons. Wing to right has C19 sashes to ground floor and old casements to 1st floor, all in square-faced surrounds with projecting sills. 3 corniced ridge stacks. Wing to left, much altered C20, has 3-light casements, doorway to left of centre, external steps to door on right and 2 small ridge stacks.

Interior of tower: brick nesting holes to 1st floor; large water tank forms roof. Central tower heavily braced by iron stanchions and tie bars. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SE4865507845