Stable, Gate Pier And Adjoining Tower, North-West Of Ascot Place

WINKFIELD

SU97SW PIGEONHOUSE LANE 674-1/13/268 (South side (off)) 20/12/72 Stable, gate pier and adjoining tower, north-west of Ascot Place (Formerly Listed as: OFF PIGEONHOUSE LANE Stable buildings to north-west of Ascot Place)

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Stables and adjoining tower. Mid C18, altered C19 and C20. MATERIALS: red brick in Flemish bond. Old tile hipped roof. PLAN: rectangular plan with square tower adjoining on east side. EXTERIOR: 2 storey. Small rendered plinth, brick string at first floor and brick dentilled eaves. 2-light casement windows with horizontal glazing bars with segmental brick arched heads. East front has 7-bays. 2nd and 5th bays contain planked loft doors, other bays are blind with segmental heads. Ground floor has 4 windows with planked stable door adjoining each window on right. Late C19 iron lantern on scrolled brackets on first floor, between 3rd and 4th bays. On right hand end, pair of wooden C20 garage doors. South west corner gate pier surmounted with stone ball finial. Between north-east corner of stable block and north-west corner of the Estate Office (qv), early C20 brick wall with gate and 2 side panels of scrolled and decorative iron work. On south-east corner, brick gate pier surmounted with stone ball finial. West front has 12-bays. First 2-bays have 2-light casement windows, other 10-bays are blind, all with segmental heads. Brick string at first floor level. Front part of long brick wall running north, other parts of this wall are included separately under Bothy Cottage, west and east yards, and the Greenhouse garden (qqv). Tower has 2 stages. Pyramidal roof surmounted by small bellcote with open arched sides, lead ogee roof and ball finial. The second stage contains a dovecote and has 4 small openings on the south face. Tower otherwise plain except for plain wooden entrance door on east face. Stables and adjoining tower form west side of stone paved and cobbled stable yard.