Meynell Hunt Stables

SK 13 SE PARISH OF SUDBURY ASHBOURNE ROAD 3/37 (West Side) Meynell Hunt Stables GV II

Stable block and attached cottage. 1874-7 by George Devey. Red brick with orange brick diaper work, Plain tile roofs with blue tile diaper pattern. Brick coped Flemish gables with plain kneelers. Two brick ridge stacks, each with three diamond plan shafts. One external lateral stack. Brick dentil eaves cornice. One and two storeys. Irregular plan ranged around a courtyard. Asymmetrical elevations, with square section flush stone mullion windows with brick relieving arches. Four bay south elevation has a long single storey centre part with a Tudor- arched double doorway with double chamfered surround and shaped parapet wall above. Four buttresses to the right and above, two dormers with Flemish gables and 4-light windows with circular keyed-in windows above. Projecting two storey bay to right with Flemish gable, a 5-light window with a 3-light window above. Two storey tower to left with first floor band, pyramid roof and square clock turret with ogee roof and weather Vane. The ground floor has two 2-light windows and a 3-light window to first floor. Brick wall continuing to left. Projecting ranges to west. Two storey cottage projecting from the north east corner, with Flemish gables and one, two and three-light windows. North elevation of stable block has 4-light windows to ground floor and two Flemish gabled bays with upper 3-light windows. Further gabled bay to right over carriage archway. The elevations within the courtyard have 2, 3 and 4-light windows and doorways with chamfered surrounds. Some windows are under flat-topped gables with curved sides. The original stable partitions survive in the north, west and east ranges. Source: Original drawings at the RIBA Drawings Collection. The Stables cost £5,095.

Listing NGR: SK1569333686