Stables To Ravensknowle Hall

WAKEFIELD ROAD 1. 5113 (South Side) Stables to Ravensknowle Hall SE 1616 35/1332 II 2. 1859-62. Architect presumably Richard Tress. Hammer dressed stone. Pitched slate roof, with overhanging eaves to courtyard carried on huge ornamental cast iron brackets. Coped gable ends on kneelers and moulded consoles. U-shaped plan, closed by wall ornamental cast iron gates in round archway, with elaborately carved consoles either side and ornamental cresting above. End elevations have blind round arches, and semi-circular lunettes with glazing bars. 2 storeys to courtyard, planked segment-headed doors and windows with glazing bars. Central tower with one oculis per side and moulded cornice on quadrant brackets: ornamental parapet: octagonal lantern with stilted arcade, foliage capitals and moulded cornice ogee copper dome with finial. Side elevations have concentric blind round arches with keystones taking brackets to eaves cornice.

Listing NGR: SE1620916520