Stable Block Approximately 40 Metres East Of Walton Hall

WELLESBOURNE

SP25SE WALTON 1901-1/5/191 Stable block approximately 40 metres 02/08/72 east of Walton Hall (Formerly Listed as: WALTON Walton Hall Stables)

GV II

Stable block, now time-share accommodation. C18 with 1860s alterations and extensive 1980s alterations. Brick laid to Flemish bond; hipped Welsh slate roof with ashlar cross-axial stacks. E-plan with cross-wings to rear. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 11-window range plus projecting 2-window hipped ends, the right end now with attached late C20 single-storey wing. Brick impost band, and plat band over ground floor; top modillioned brick cornice. Central round-headed entrance of rusticated ashlar with tripartite keystone. Ground floor has round-headed entrances with C20 glazing. First floor has central Diocletian window; other windows have rubbed brick flat arches over C19 2-light casements with shouldered lintels. 4 stacks with offsets. Left return has 2 plat bands, inserted ground-floor window and entrance, and 2 windows to first floor. Rear has 3 gabled wings, that to centre with end stack over 2 lunettes, with C20 infill between. INTERIOR: not inspected. C20 single-storey block connects this item with east service range of Walton Hall (qv). (The Buildings of England: Pevsner, N & Wedgwood, A: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth: 1966-: 440).

Listing NGR: SP2853752388