Former Stables 70 Metres North West Of Harlaxton Manor And Adjoining Screen Wall

HARLAXTON SK8932 GRANTHAM ROAD 1315-0/15/175 (East side (off)) Former stables 70m north-west of Harlaxton Manor and adjoining screen wall II

Also known as: Manor Cottages GRANTHAM ROAD. Stables, now university residences, and adjoining screen wall. c1838-1844, altered late C20. Probably by William Burn for Gregory Gregory. Ashlar with gabled and hipped slate roofs. Renaissance Revival style. Plinth, modillion eaves, shaped coped gables. 9 x 9 bays. U-plan, with a forecourt enclosed by a screen wall. Central 2 storey square tower porch, 3 bays, with moulded cornices to each floor and coped parapet with central shaped gable and ball finials. The bays are divided by pilasters. Depressed 4-centred arched opening flanked by rusticated niches, all with keystones. Shouldered round arched doorway with keystone, flanked by similar niches. C20 door with sidelights and overlight. Around the forecourt, single storey ranges with attics and splayed corner entrances. The attics have dormers supported by volutes, mainly with flat tops, and with round tops above the entrances. South-west side has 3 blocked carriage openings. Screen wall has a central pair of square gatepiers with rusticated double pilasters, flanked by round arched arcades with plinth and moulded coping. On either side, a projecting shouldered ogee gable with kneelers and ball finials, hopped with a coped stack with square double flues. On each floor, a 6-light stone mullioned cross casement with cornice, those to the right gable mainly blocked. The left gable has 4 smaller windows flanking the lower window. On the inner sides of the gables, a slightly recessed bay with a flat topped dormer, each with different fenestration. Buttressed rear elevation, 2 storeys plus basement and attics, has a projecting 3 storey tower porch with shaped gables and parapet with corner pedestals, all with finials. First floor ashlar balcony on brackets, flanked by 6-light cross casements, with traceried round windows above them. Above, a loft door with projecting surround and bracketed cornice. Below, a shouldered arched carriage opening. On either side, regular fenestration, mostly renewed. At each end, a pair of shouldered round arched dormers with finials and round windows with 4 keystones. Buttressed left return has a projecting 3-bay centre with a round arched carriage opening flanked by doors with traceried round overlights. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J & Antram N: Lincolnshire: London: 1964-1989: 367).

Listing NGR: SK8946932458