Stable Block And Attached Walls Approximately 9 Metres To South Of Loton Park

SJ 3514; 12/28

ALBERBURY WITH ALBERBURY, CARDESTON C.P., Stable block and attached walls approx. 9 metres to south of Loton Park

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Stable block and attached walls. Dated 1833 and 1835, probably by Thomas Jones of Chester. Red brick with red sandstone ashlar dressings; plain tile roof. U-plan; Tudor Gothic style. One storey and attic. Chamfered plinth, parapeted gables with chamfered stone coping, moulded kneelers and obelisk finials at feet and apexes; three brick ridge stacks consisting of pairs of chamfered square shafts with moulded tops. South-west (entrance) front: chamfered stone mullioned and transomed windows with lozenge-pattern cast-iron casements and returned hoodmoulds; flanking gabled wings with 2-light attic windows and 3-light ground-floor windows; central gabled break with one-light window and stone shield dated 1835 in tympanum, and large hollow-moulded Tudor archway; right-hand return front: three windows; central gabled break with chamfered octagonal clock surround in tympanum, and smaller flanking gabled semi-dormers with 2-light mullioned windows. North-west range dated 1833. Section of forecourt wall adjoining stable block to south-east; red sandstone ashlar on coursed rubble base; L-plan; chamfered plinth, chamfered coping, ramped up at each end, and square gate pier to right with trefoil-headed panelled sides and gabled top. Short section of garden wall adjoining to north-east; c.1870;red brick with red sandstone ashlar dressings; L-plan; chamfered plinth and chamfered coping with globe finial at corner and end. Interior of stable block not inspected. Thomas Jones carried out a remodelling of and extensions to Loton Park (qv) in c.1830 and c.1838. The stable block forms one side of the forecourt to the house, opposite the former estate office (qv).

Listing NGR: SJ3561714696