Waterstock House, Stable Court

WATERSTOCK SP60NW 6/224 Waterstock House, stable court 18/07/63 (Formerly listed as Stable block NE of Waterstock House)

GV II

Stable court. Late C18; barn early C18. Coursed squared limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; timber framing in barn; old plain-tile roofs. Courtyard plan. Rear and left ranges: one storey plus loft; front ranges; single storey. Rear range has 3 stable doors, with rectangular overlights, separated by pairs of 16-pane sashes, all with stone flat arches. Mounting block to left of centre. Left range is irregular with a central segmental-arched carriage entrance. Right range incorporates a partly-weatherboarded 3-bay barn; wall facing court is stone but wall and porch at rear and one end wall are timber-framed and partly infilled with brick. Single-storey, hip-roofed front ranges flank ashlar gate piers, the left range having a timber-framed section in its outer wall. Interior: Barn has a clasped-purlin roof with short curved under-principals. Probably contemporary with the house built 1787-91 by S.P. Cockerell for Sir Henry Ashhurst, and mostly demolished 1953. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.Vl1, p.220).

Listing NGR: SP6365105674