Hunt Kennels And House

TA 11 SW BROCKLESBY BROCKLESBY PARK

1/29 Hunt Kennels and House 1-11-66 (Formerly listed as Brocklesby Hall Kennels)

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Hunt kennels and house, 1810, James Wyatt. Yellow brick with ashlar and brick dressings, slate hipped roofs with lead dressings, having a central apex stack. Courtyard plan with main 3 part front linked by single storey blocks with raised square blocks at the rear angles. The central block is a house of 2 storeys with a 3 bay front, plinth, first floor band and moulded cornice. Central 6 panelled door with traceried fanlight, covered by a C19 planked wooden porch. The door is flanked by single semi circular headed glazing bar sash windows set in concentric headed recesses. 3 first floor windows are small glazing bar sashes with flat splayed brick arches. To either side of the main block are 2 window bays, to the right are 2 square hinged lights and to the left a segmental headed glazing bar sash with beyond a single small hinged light. The end blocks are raised and rusticated with brick bands and blind arches at the centre, topped by cornices. Behind the main front are 3 hound lodges with yards and a rear range now used for food preparation. The north east angle tower was originally used for kennel servants' accommodation. In front of the kennels are continuous railings on a low stone plinth.

Listing NGR: TA1406411108