Stable Block And Coach House About 200 Metres South Of Oakley Hall

SJ 73 NW LOGGERHEADS C.P OAKLEY, MUCKLESTONE

8/128 Stable block and coach house about 200m south 17/11/66 of Oakley Hall (formerly listed as Stabling at Oakley Hall)

GV II

Stable block and coach house. Probably late C18. Red brick with ashlar dressings; plain tiled hipped roofs. Roughly 'U'-shaped in plan with stable block ranged round 3 sides of courtyard and detached coach house at top end. Stable block: 2 storeys to main range with dentilled eaves cornice and stone floor band; single-storeyed ranges at right angles to east and west; 5:3:5 bays to front, those to centre forming a slight pedimented break; glazing bar sashes with horns to first floor, central 3 with narrow round-headed arches; C20 fixed light windows to ground floor but in original openings. Central. carriage entrance with wide elliptical arch; wooden round-arched cupola above with lead roof and brass weathervane; 4 ridge stacks, 2 to each side of entrance. To rear 2 hexagonal stair turrets flank the entrance. Single-storeyed ranges both have late C19 and C20 openings; to west, 5 late C19 alternating doors and windows and to east the same arrangement, but with wide C20 cart entrances taking the place of the doors. Coach house: 2 levels; 4-bay elliptical-arched arcade to ground level with original iron-strapped double doors; 4 lunette windows to upper level, dentilled eaves cornice. Tallet steps to rear on right, built of engineering brick. Interior: C19 cast iron stables in west range of stable block.

Listing NGR: SJ7011236766