Stables At Caythorpe Court

SK 94 NE CAYTHORPE CAYTHORPE HEATH LANE

4/27 Stables at Caythorpe Court

G.V. II

Stable block, circa 1900, by Sir R. Blomfield. Stucco with ashlar dressings, 2 tall brick ridge stacks and hipped stone slate roof. Main block of 3 bays and single storey plus attics is flanked by seven single storey bays having later C20 2 light casements. These flanking wings terminate in small louvered cupolas with lead roofs and ball finials from which 2 further ranges of buildings run at right angles. The fourth side of the stable court is closed by a wall with a central opening flanked by piers with ball finials. The main block has an advanced central entry bay with hipped roof containing a wide segmental headed doorway with ashlar lintel and hood mould. To left and right are long 6 light casement windows. Above the doorway is a 3 light casement window and to either side are single 3 light casement dormers under tiled gabled roofs with decorative studding in the gables. At the centre of the ridge is a timber cupola in a C17 style with a glazed base containing a clock and having a moulded cornice with a domed and pinnacled lead roof.

Listing NGR: SK9583048387