The Gables

PRESTON ON STOUR

SP2049 The Gables 1912-1/12/141 06/02/52

GV II*

House. C16 with C19 additions and C20 restoration. Timber-frame with plastered infill on limestone plinth; brick and timber-frame rear wing; steeply pitched old tile roof with brick ridge and lateral stacks. 3-unit plan plus rear wing. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys plus attic; 4-window range. Entrance to left of centre has plank door with strap hinges in C20 projecting timber surround. Window to left has 3-light casement; 3 windows to right, one smaller and 2 paired, all with 3-light casements; right end has 4-light casement; all are leaded. 1st floor has 4-light projecting ovolo-mullioned-and-transomed window to each end, and similar 4-light window to left of centre, and 2-light window to right of centre. Attic has gable to each end, jettied on moulded brackets, and with 3-light mullioned windows. Windows have leaded lights, some with crown glass. Close-studded framing to ground floor, square framing above. Rear has single-light and 2-light ovolo-mullioned windows over French window to left of long rear wing with some timber framing, the end section being C19 with 2 lateral stacks; mostly renewed casements and one small 3-light mullioned window; end canopied entrance and bay window. To right of wing a single-storey flat-roofed addition with 2 projecting dormers under hipped roofs. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SP2051649898