Barton Abbey, Stables And Attached Wall And Gateway Approximately 27 Metres North West Of Front Porch And Attached To Barton Abbey

STEEPLE BARTON SP42SE 4/264 Barton Abbey, stables and attached wall and gateway approx.27m NW of front porch and attached to Barton Abbey GV II Stables, now outbuilding. Late C17, remodelled mid C19. Coursed limestone rubble with squared and ashlar dressings; gabled stone-coped stone slate roof; late C17 moulded stone ridge stack and similar mid C19 left end stack. 2 storeys; 4-window range. Steps descend to 3 doorways with flat stone arches. Label moulds over mid C19 hollow-moulded stone-mullioned and arch-headed 2-light windows. Roof surmounted by belfry with pyramidal lead roof and weathercock. C17 chamfered round-arched doorway and hollow-moulded arched light to rear. Subsidiary features: limestone rubble wall with moulded coping, and Tudor-style archway with moulded cornice, extends approximately 55 metres from front of right corner. Stables have reset medieval mouldings, probably taken from former manor house of Sesswells Barton which stood nearby. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p788; VCH: Oxfordshire: Vol XI, p64)

Listing NGR: SP4526424984