Stable Block At Briggens House Hotel 15 Metres North Of House

TL 41 SW HUNSDON HARLOW ROAD (A414) (south side)

2/28 Stable Block at Briggens House Hotel 15 metres N - of house

GV II

Stable block. C18, probably 1770 (bell said to be inscribed '1770 Thomas Blackmore Briggins', in Gibbs (1915) 26) for the Blackmore family who enlarged the house, probably at the same time. Grey brick with stone impost band and hipped slate roof with fishscale slates on E side. 2 storeys, 6 windows, former stable block facing W, now part of hotel. Wooden cornice with paired brackets. Rectangular block with 2-window central projection on W with triangular pediment and clockface in tympanum. White wooden square cupola over, topped by low dome and windvane with a fox. Round-headed openings in each face, dentilled cornice and Tuscan columns recessed at each corner. Bell said to be cracked. Recessed sash windows with glazing bars. Gauged brick round arches to Ground floor on W, N and S with stone impost band continued across recesses on N and S ends with Diocletian windows in heads. Front arches now blocked and large sash windows inserted. Entrance now by centre arch of 5 in each end. Rear wall has 7 windows on each floor under gauged brick flat arches. Recessed sash windows with 8/8 panes to Ground floor, lower casement windows above. The 2 oak newel posts noted as reused in the stables (Gibbs (1915) 23) are good examples of Jacobean carving and have been retained. An C18 stable block of special architectural interest and part of a group at Briggens.

Listing NGR: TL4141211242