Ayton And Shipton Court Stables North Wing

SHIPTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD HIGH STREET SP 2617-2717 (east side) 7/62 Ayton and Shipton Court Stables - North Wing GV II Former stables, converted. C17 ranges incorporated in circa 1903-06 remodelling by Perkins and Bulmer. L-plan, the road front angled; Vanbruggian style. Rubble with ashlar dressings and hipped Cotswold stone roofs; C20 corniced stone ridge chimney. Single storey in appearance, l½ storeys in fact (through conversion). The main feature of the road front is an arched gateway to right of centre in gabled ashlar break: this has ball finials, segmental arch and imposts extended as bands in both directions above arched windows, 3 to left and one to right; raised quoins. 1903-06 panelled doors with good Art Nouveau style metalwork. the multi-gabled south wing has been altered and modernised, one original 2-light mullion window at east end; this front is important for its contribution to the formal setting of Shipton Court (qv).

Listing NGR: SP2770317557