The Stables is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1988. Stables, outbuildings, studios. 2 related planning applications.
The Stables
- WRENN ID
- swift-transept-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1988
- Type
- Stables, outbuildings, studios
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
OVER NORTON OVER NORTON PARK SP3028-3128 13/110 The Stables
II
Stables, now outbuildings and studios. Late C17, possibly altered C18; partly converted C20. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings; Welsh-slate roof. Long main range with short returns. 2 storeys. 16-window front, with chamfered rusticated ashlar quoins, has 2-light stone-mullioned windows at first floor rising from an ashlar band, some retaining leaded casements. Ground floor has a group of 3 wide segmental-arched openings in bays 10, 11 and 12, with linked impost blocks and projecting keyblocks, which may be a C18 alterations; bays to left have alternating stable doors, with overlights and moulded stone surrounds, and tall stone-mullioned windows with transoms and leaded galzing; bays to right have similar openings but the stone mullions have been removed. Hipped roof returns to short wings at both ends. Rear retains at least one mullioned window but also has later openings and is partly concealed. Interior: butt-purl in roofs. One stone door surround has a small scratched inscription "II 1778" but this is unlikely to relate to erection or alteration. The stables to Over Norton House which was demolished and rebuilt in 1875. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p541)
Listing NGR: SP3179828693
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