Stable Block To East Of Stanford Hall

SP 57 NE WESTRILL AND STARMORE STANFORD PARK

7/69 Stable block to east of 11/01/55 Stanford Hall (formerly listed with Stanford Hall)

GV II*

Stable block. 1737 by Francis Smith of Warwick for Sir Thomas Cave. C20 alterations. Brick with stone dressings. C20 plain tile roofs. Plinth, quoins, cornice, coped parapet. 2 courtyards. 2 storeys. South front: 7 bays, symmetrical. Central 3 bays emphasised by quoins and triangular pediment, with clockface dated 1737. Large, central entrance with rubbed brick segmental arch. To left and right, 3 glazing-bar sashes with shouldered architraves and sills with brackets. Above, 7 smaller glazing-bar sashes with shouldered architraves. Rooftop cupola with weathervane. Courtyard ranges have dentilled cornices, segmental-arched vehicle entrances, and casements with cambered arches. Range to east retains inside 6 original wooden stalls with posts with balls. Doorway in north range, aligned with south entrance, has Doric doorcase with triangular pediment, and leads to 2nd courtyard (q.v.)

Listing NGR: SP5878579329