Stable Range in Bretton Park approximately 50 metres north of Bretton Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1966. Stable range. 1 related planning application.

Stable Range in Bretton Park approximately 50 metres north of Bretton Hall

WRENN ID
ruined-parapet-dale
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1966
Type
Stable range
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Stable Range in Bretton Park, located approximately 50 metres north of Bretton Hall, is a building constructed between 1842 and 1843 by George Basevi Junior for Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, with the rear quadrangle completed in 1853. Originally a stable range, it now serves as a college building. The structure is made of rusticated ashlar and features a symmetrical nine-bay facade with two storeys. The central bay contains a large round-arched through-passage flanked by paired giant engaged columns adorned with bands of vermiculation, and clasping buttresses at each corner. The ground floor has round-arched windows set in recessed panels with marginal glazing, while the first floor features smaller windows with flat arches. A moulded band separates the two floors, topped by a full entablature and blocking course. Above the central bay, a dome with scrolls supporting a clock is flanked by cartouches displaying the Wentworth and Beaumont coats of arms.

At the rear, the central bay projects forward, with the round-archway again flanked by single columns. The windows match those on the front, with ground-floor windows set within a later colonnade that extends along the entire facade and returns to the left, where it is enclosed and leads to a later building. This later building, likely built around the same time as the colonnade, has three extra-large bays, with its main elevation facing the rear. It features giant round-arched recessed panels that are fully glazed at ground level and small first-floor windows supported by scrolls, topped with a balustraded parapet.

The buildings became part of Bretton College in 1947.

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