Stable Block Witley Park

SU 93NW WITLEY C.P. WITLEY PARK

8/323 Stable Block, Witley Park

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Stable block, originally to Lea House, now part cottages. 1896 by H. Paxton- Watson in Free Tudor style. Snecked sandstone with restored plain tiled roofs and tile hung casement dormers. Rectangular plan of 4 ranges around central cobbled courtyard. Single storey ranges with two stage entrance tower to North side. North Range - Entrance Elevation:- Projecting gable end to left with stable door under transome light to ground floor right. One 6-light cambered head window above. Domed turret on angle of roof with 4 windowed range to left of central, 2-stage tower. 4-light casement window to centre gable, diagonal leaded oriel window below in square panel and on keystone over arched central throughway between flanking buttresses. Stone bay to right of gateway with chamfered angle squinch. Two stacks on range to right of tower with irregular casement fenestration below including three 4-light windows, one 3-light and one 8-light mullioned and transomed window. Bullseye window to left of centre. North Range - Courtyard Elevation:- Two stacks on range to left of tower with flat roofed dormer between double gable to left of tower with one 4-light casement to each on the first floor, four mullioned and transomed windows below. Two doors to ground floor left and one arched door to right, adjacent to the tower. Two storey tower to centre buttressed on lowest stage flanking arched throughway with double panelled doors. One 4-light window above and a single window in a deep reveal to the gable apex. Range to right of tower with stable doors and central door under transome light. East Range - Courtyard Elevation:- Domed turrets to corners. Large gable to centre with central loft door in flanking lights. Rounded D-section ashlar piers below either side of centre with stable dears between. South Range - Courtyard Elevation:- Single storey with end mullioned and transomed windows. Large door to left of centre and two mullioned windows. Further door between two arched and panelled doors in chequerwork frontispieces with eyebrow hoods supported on battering buttresses.

PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) p.531.

Listing NGR: SU9257739613