The Coach House

SP OO SE AMPNEY CRUCIS AMPNEY CRUCIS VILLAGE

5/20 The Coach House (formerly listed with Ampney Park as Stable Block") 4.6.52

GV II

Former coach house and stables, partly under conversion to private house at time of survey (August 1985). Probably early C18 (rear wall appears in Kip's engraving of Ampney Park (q.v.)), refronted later C18. Rubble stone, faced in coursed and dressed stone on plinth with alternating flush quoins, mostly stone slate roof with some slate to west, and with slates removed on west end block, still in grounds of Ampney Park. Coach house to left projects forward from stable range, west block of stables also projects slightly and turns corner to face west, forming 'L'-shape range. The whole has tall ground floor with wide moulded cornice and with tall parapet to stables. Coach house has first floor above cornice and blind attic storey above second cornice. Three bays with large segmental headed carriage arches to each bay, all double timber doors probably of C19. First floor has 3 leaded 2-light stone mullions with flush surrounds; 3 small blind single lights to attic storey. Large external stack on left hand return. North side of stable has four 2-light stone mullion and transoms with iron casements, and 6-panel door with fanlight between windows one and 2 from left. West side has 2 similar windows and similar door between. Rear has 5 gabled dormers with twin 6-pane casements on south side, similar to Kip's engraving.

Listing NGR: SP0648301934