Stable About 100 Yards South West Of Star Inn

OVERBURY CP - SO 9637 - 9737 10/132 Stable about 100 yards south-west of The Star Inn GV II

Stable. Early C20 by Ernest Newton for Richard Biddulph Martin. Coursed limestone rubble and brick with some weatherboarding and stone tiled roof laid in diminishing courses and partly hipped. L-plan; main part of four bays aligned north/south with second bay from south end treated to appear like a wagon bay and having gabled midstreys with double doors. East elevation has ventilation slits, pilaster buttresses in bays flanking mid- strey and a window with a cambered head at the southern end. The west elevation has a pilaster buttress and three stable doors with cambered heads to the right of the midstrey. At the southern end is a loft door flanked by two tiers of alighting ledges and entry holes for pigeons. The north-west wing is of two plus two bays and two levels. The south elevation of the two western- most bays projects slightly and has a door flanked by small windows, the right of which has a cambered head. Above is a loft opening with a raking roof and three skylights. The two bays to the east have two stable doors, one of which has a transom light with three glazing bars and is flanked by two large windows with cambered heads. The-upper half of the windows is glazed and the lower half is open for ventilation with wooden mullions. Interior has queen post roof trusses. The floor is paved with blue bricks and all the original fittings survive, timber loose-boxes, mangers etc. The stable is particularly well- detailed and, together with the adjacent haybarn (qv) is listed as a rare example of the approach of an Arts and Crafts architect to the problem of designing agricultural buildings.

Listing NGR: SO9609637151