Stable Cottage

SK 98 SE HACKTHORN HALL DRIVE

1/19 Stable Cottage

G.V. II

Former stable block, now cottage and garaging. Mid C18 altered late C18 and C20. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins, pantile roof, the front block having raised brick coped tumbled gables, and central brick ridge stack, the rear block having pyramidal roof and central brick stack. The front range is single storey with attics, and has a brick dentillated eaves course. It has 2 late C18 Gothick lights the heads of which occupy former Diocletion window openings. To the roof are 2 semi-circular dormer windows. At the right hand end of the ridge is a square ventilator with pyramidal lead roof. The gable end has one metal glazing bar window with central hinged casement in segmentally headed opening and in the gable a clock. To the right are 2 C19 planked double doors and 2 hipped dormers over. The 2 storey rear range, with stone corbelled eaves, is linked to the front by a single storey ramped section which is balanced by a similar ramped wall to the left. Both contain semi-circular headed archways, that on the right being blocked. The 2 central bays consist of blocked Diocletion window openings. To the first floor is a central Diocletion window. All openings have stone surrounds with raised keystones. The stable block is shown on the Claude Nattes drawing of 1793 in the Banks Collection, adjacent to the original C17 Hackthorn Hall.

Listing NGR: SK9921382376