Service Block And Attached Wall Approximately 10 Metres To South East Of Whitton Hall

SJ 3404 WESTBURY C.P. WHITTON LANE (North-west side)

17/131 Service block and attached - walls approximately 10 metres to south-east of Whitton Hall

GV II

Service block, now store, and attached walls. Early C18. Red brick; slate roof. 2 storeys and gable-lit attic. Dentil brick eaves cornice, and parapeted gable ends; central brick ridge stack. South-west front: 6 windows; 2-light small-paned wooden casements with segmental heads, second from left on first floor blocked,left-hand ground-floor of one light and second from left altered to one light; right-hand ground- floor window is a painted imitation; segmental-headed boarded door to right. 2 wooden forecourt gate posts and gate adjoining to right; square posts with chamfered corners and moulded top. Curved wall adjoining to left linking service block to Whitton Hall (q.v.); red brick with stone quoins and coping; boarded door to right; Left-hand gable ends: segmental-headed 2-light casement and segmental-headed boarded door to right; pent-roofed wooden bellcote to right of attic window. Right-hand gable end: segmental-headed 2-light attic casement, 3-light first-floor casement to right and ground-floor 3-light casement; inserted boarded door to right; stone mounting block adjoining to left and left-hand corner is rounded up to first-floor height. Piece of garden wall adjoining to right; red brick with stone coping; boarded door off-centre to left; ramped return to rear at right. Interior: ground floor to north-west contains former dairy in one room which has low shelves around the walls resting on segmental brick arches; lead- lined cooling tank also, possibly part of former brewing apparatus; possible former brewhouse in second ground-floor room from north-west has pairs of ogee-stopped spine beams , depressed-arched open fireplace, and possible brewing copper with hood (also possibly a washing copper); C18 staircase; roof: trusses with elbowed principals resting on tie-/floor-beams, short spurs to wall-plates, and collars; pairs of purlins. The south-east end of the block is a small cottage. This service block encloses one side of the forecourt to Whitton Hall (q.v.) and stands opposite the stable block (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SJ3460309083