Stables And Carriage House On North West Side Of Stockton House

STOCKTON STOCKTON PARK ST 93 NE (south side) 7/144 Stables and carriage house on north west side of Stockton House GV II Stables at Stockton House. C17, 1834 carriage house addition. Flint and limestone chequers, tiled roof with saddleback coped verges. Single-storey with lofts, symmetrical 7-bay south front. Central bay with elliptical-arched carriage entrance breaks forward, moulded Tudor-arched loft opening over. Two flanking bays have two mullioned windows with semi-circular headed leaded lights and square hoodmoulds, side bays break forward with similar 2-light mullioned window to ground floor and Tudor-arched loft opening. Rear has central gabled wing with 2 light recessed chamfered mullioned casement, rear wall is Flemish bond brick. Interior no longer retains stalls or loose boxes, semi-circular headed niches survive on rear wall. Attached to right are stables and carriage house with staff accommodation over, designed by John Benett of Pyt House, 1834; limestone ashlar with three elliptical- arched carriage doors and segmental-arched throughway to service court at rear of Stockton House, four gabled dormers with 2-light mullioned casements to first floor. (Architectural Magazine, 1834)

Listing NGR: ST9769738702