Stable Block Adjoining Kiddington Hall To North East

KIDDINGTON WITH ASTERLEIGH KIDDINGTON SP4122 10/66 Stable block adjoining Kiddington Hall to NE

GV II

Stable block, now partly flats. Circa 1850, by Charles Barry. Some late C20 alterations. Dressed limestone with ashlar dressings. Hipped slate roofs. Square courtyard plan, with the south front forming one side of the entrance court to Kiddington Hall (q.v.). One storey and loft. South front: 2:3:1:3:2 bays, with projecting wings and centre. Tooled plinth, end pilaster strips to wings, loft cill band (forming impost band to centre) and deeply overhanging eaves. Ground-floor small-paned 2-light wooden casements with plain stone architraves in right-hand wing and 4-panelled half-glazed door in left-hand wing; low recessed 2-light loft windows beneath eaves with chamfered lower reveals. Central break has round carriage archway with impost bands, moulded architrave to arch with raised keystdne, pair of large 3-panelled gates, and gable above with scalloped barge-boards and pendant finial. Central square wooden clock tower above consisting of clocy to each face with panelled spandrels, moulded cornice, and lead-covered concave pavilion roof with louvred round-arched dormers on each face, moulded cornice and ogee lead cap with globe finial and weathervane. Interior of courtyard: plinth, carried up as plain architraves around boarded doors with rectangular overlights; small-paned 2-light casements with plain architraves. Round entrance arch to south with impost blocks and keystone. Square stacks to side ranges with moulded cornices (possibly rebuilt). Rear range forms coach house, incorporating 4 pairs of large boarded doors with strap hinges. Continuous overhanging eaves supported by pierced curved cast-iron brackets on stone corbels; eaves arched over carriage entrance, with scalloped barge board and flanking paired brackets. East front of stable block altered in late C20 with inserted windows, inserted door with porch and loft windows raised to form dormers. Inserted dormers to courtyard and to rear too. Interiors largely altered to form flats but some stabling remains in south-west part of front range, with 2 stalls, cast-iron posts with globe finials, and beaded flush-panelled doors. The stables are of an unusually severe design for 1850. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p670)

Listing NGR: SP4119822870