Stables At Culver House

HOLCOMBE BURNELL SX 89 SW

3/133 Stables at Culver House

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GV II

Stable block converted to flats. 1872 by Alfred Waterhouse (signed plans) for Edward Byrom. Dressed volcanic trap with freestone dressings; coped, gabled slate roofs, brick chimney. The original plan was 6 coach-houses to the main range, three on either side of a central archway with accommodation over. Stabling to the rear has been partly damaged by fire. 2 storeys. Slightly asymmetrical front elevation with a central block with gables to the front at left and right with a valley between the left-hand gable and the central block. The right-hand gable is slightly taller and abuts the roof of the central block. On the ground floor a central double-chamfered stone archway with a hood- mould carried down below the springing of the arch. 3 double doors to the coach- houses on either side have chamfered cambered doorways and ingeniously cambered hinges. The central block has 6 first floor 1-light square-headed chamfered windows, breaking the eaves, above the central pair of windows a steep coped gable rises above the eaves, clock face in centre. A bell turret behind the gable has a slate pyramidal roof. The left-hand gable has a single chamfered first floor window; the right-hand gable has 3 similar first floor windows and a smaller pair to the left above. Fenestration of casement windows with small panes. Paved yard in front of stable block. A fine stable block designed by a major C19 architect.

Listing NGR: SX8470590256