Coach House, Dovecote And Stable Wing About 15 Yards East Of Bradford House

SO 97 NW BELBROUGHTON CP BRADFORD LANE (east side)

6/8 Coach house, dovecote and stable wing about 15 yards 16.11.67 east of Bradford House (formerly listed as Coach house at Bradford House)

GV II

Coach house, dovecote and stable wing. c1774, with mid-C19 alterations and additions. Brick with sandstone dressings and plinth; hipped plain tiled roof. Two storeys with band between storeys and moulded eaves cornice. 2:2:2 bays; end quoins; central bay breaks forward, has a pedimented gable and quoin strips and the intermediate band is at a higher level than the outer bays; two semi-circular headed stone archways with moulded keyblocks and partly-glazed C20 double doors; two blind first floor windows with stone lintels and keyblocks; keyed oculus in gable apex. Outer bays have a ground floor and two first floor cross-casements with stone lintels and moulded key- blocks; inner bays have a stable door with a transom light and, above, a moulded flat canopy on shaped brackets. At the centre of the roof ridge is a glazed octagonal cupola with moulded cornice, domical lead roof, ball finial and weathervane. Interior: upper floor of central bay from dovecote lined with about 450 nesting boxes and alighting ledges. A tie-beam to the south of the roof is inscribed with the date "MAY 1774". At left gable end is a stable wing with gable-end parapet. Two levels with three-course band between storeys. Front elevation has a 4-pane sash window and a half-glazed door with a transom light (both have cambered heads) and also a stable door with a transom light similar to those in the outer bays of the coach house. Lean-to six-bay shelter shed at rear of coach house, also C19 wing to rear of stable part.

Listing NGR: SO9211476330