Stable Block At Firbeck Hospital

FIRBECK NEW ROAD SK58NE (east side, off) 3/21 Stable-block at 29.7.55 Firbeck Hospital

GV II

Stable-block now workshops and store. Probably late C18 remodelled early C19. For the Firbeck Hall estate. Rubble and ashlar limestone, slate roof. U-shaped plan. Symmetrical front range: 2 storeys, 1:3:1 bays, end bays project slightly. Tall central carriage entrance with ashlar piers and impost band to basket arch with projecting keystone; C19 iron gates with 3 rails having curved braces and decoration of inverted U-shaped bars and finials. End bays: 24-pane sashes with wedge lintels. 1st-floor band continuous from impost of arch, blind 1st-floor windows to bays 2 and 4 have square-faced surrounds; unequally-hung sashes with glazing bars to end bays. Eaves band. Central bay has shaped gable with clock in architrave; ashlar parapet links to matching false gables over flanking bays these with blind arrowslits. Hipped roof with corniced ridge stacks at the hips and central bell turret. Courtyard elevation of rear-right wing: 1-storey, 8 bays. Keyed, round-arched doorways to bays 4, 6 and 8, other bays with sashes except bay 2 now with garage doors. Opposite wing: 1 storey, 4 bays each with bonded ashlar surround and segmental arch to carriage house. Attached range enclosing rear of courtyard not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SK5665088867