Farnborough Hall Stable Block And Attached Gatepiers

FARNBOROUGH SP4349 16/14 Farnborough Hall: stable block and attached gatepiers

GV II

Stable block and attached gatepiers. Early/mid c18; left range and remodelling 1815-1816 by Henry Hakewill for William Holbech. Ironstone ashlar with string course. Shallow hipped slate roofs with large widely-spaced wood dentils. L-plan, with wing on right to rear, flanking forecourt of Farnborough Hall (q.v.). 2 storeys; 7 bays. To yard: right range of 5 bays. Central chamfered segmental carriage arch. 6-panelled doors to left and right inside 4-panelled double-leaf doors and overlight above. Cross windows, on ground floor with many glazing bars, and stone flat arches; first floor has leaded lights and stone lintels with keystones. Slightly taller left range. Blank ground floor. First floor has 2 round windows, the left blocked. Left return side to forecourt: 5-window range. String course. Central one-bay, one storey projection with hipped roof. Diocletian window. Ground floor has stone cross windows. First floor has 2-light stone mullioned windows. Leaded lights. Painted wood square cupola with clock has simple pilasters, entablature and cornice. Dome with weathervane. One-storey, one-window section to left has cross-window and stone lintel with keystone. To rear: 5-bay loggia with chamfered wood posts and arched braces between. Interior not inspected. Attached square gatepiers have pyramidal caps. (G. Jackson-Stops: Farnborough Hall: National Trust Guidebook 1984. Gordon Nares: Farnborough Hall: Country Life 11 and 18 February 1954).

Listing NGR: SP4307849466