Stables, Batsford Park

BOURTON-ON-THE-HILL BATSFORD PARK SP 13 SE 4/194 Stables, Batsford Park II Stables. Late C19 with minor C20 alterations. Probably by Sir Ernest George (q.v. stables, Batsford Village) for Lord Redesdale. Rock-faced limestone with ashlar dressings to openings, thin limestone slate and concrete tile roof, wooden lantern with wood shingle roof and rock-faced stone chimney. 'H'-shaped plan with additional gable extending back rear centre. Symmetrical facade, single storey. Doorless C20 double openings in right and left gable ends, string linking moulded Kneelers, relieving arch and ventilation slit above string. 3 stable doors between projecting gables within chamfered surrounds with moulded brackets in the upper corners, decorative timbered gable over central door, matching gables over stone-mullioned cross windows right and left of central door. Saddleback gable coping to forward facing gables. Central lantern with pierced quatrefoil decoration and curved pyramidal roof. Oval chimney from gable end rear centre. Interior: brick-lined walls with tiles to waist height. Queen strut roof, braced tie.

Listing NGR: SP1657432433