Coach House, Stable Block, Gate Piers And Boundary Wall To The East Of Holkham Hall

HOLKHAM PARK TF 84SE HOLKHAM PARK

5/38 Coach House, Stable Block, Gate Piers and Boundary Wall to the East of Holkham Hall

G.V. II

Stable/Coach House block, arranged partly around a courtyard open on N side. Late C18/early C19. Gault brick with limestone dressings, slate roofs, partly hipped. One and two storeys. Symmetrical facade to S with advanced central block of 6 bays. Tw central bays pedimented. Rusticated quoins, plain stone strings and plinths. Lower 3-bay side wings, still of 2 storeys, slightly recessed from main block. One storey stable ranges with semi-circular headed arcading with mullet stone arches and keystones. Plain stone string at impost level. Some louvred openings with rubbed brick semi-circular arches. Moulded stone eaves and parapets. Gault brick chimney stacks on ridge line with moulded stone caps. Pedimented gables at SE and SW corners with oculi in keyed stone surrounds. N facade of central block has 6 pairs of large doors under segmental heads. Glazed iron-framed canopy supported on cast iron columns. Sash windows with glazing bars and ganged arches over openings. Lower side wings have hipped dormers. Entrance flanked by stone gate piers with ball finials: stone-capped gault brick boundary wall liking to two 2-storey corner turrets with stone rusticated quoins, pyramidal roofs with gilded ball finials.

Listing NGR: TF8858042841