Stable Range In Cirencester Park Estate Yard And Attached Mounting Block

The property comprises a stable range and an attached mounting block, situated within the Cirencester Park Estate Yard. The stable range incorporates elements dating to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with a significant addition from 1878 designed by John Birch.

The 1878 range is constructed of coursed squared limestone, with a Welsh slate roof. It has one ashlar ridge stack with a moulded top. The three-bay range at the centre features a gabled projection forward, flanked by two lower wings. The two-storey, eleven-window elevation includes first-floor mullion windows: at the centre, these are two-light openings with chamfered stone mullions, leaded lights, and gablets over, resembling dormers. The wings have similar one- and two-light windows to the first floor. The ground floor centre features a carriage entrance with a four-centred arched head and chamfered stone surround, flanked by two three-light chamfered stone-mullion windows with relieving arches. The left wing contains four pairs of plank doors, one in a chamfered stone surround with a basket-arched head. To the right are a pair of plank doors in a similar surround, two similar doors in stone surrounds with flat lintels and relieving arches, and two two-light chamfered stone mullion-and-transom windows with relieving arches. A shallow plinth runs along the base. The gable has a round opening at its centre. Moulded coping runs along the gable and verges, centred with moulded finials, with similar coping on the left end verge. An octagonal cupola sits centrally, featuring louvred timber sides, a lead-covered ogee dome, and a weather vane.

The attached range to the right, dating to the late 18th or early 19th century, is also of coursed squared limestone with a Welsh slate roof. It includes four ridge stacks, three of which are ashlar with moulded tops, one of which has been capped. This two-storey, five-window range has C19 two-light timber glazing bar casements with flat arch lintels to the first floor. The ground floor has three C20 windows with flat arch lintels, positioned within a blocked former doorway, with a plank door to the left and a pair of two-panel doors with overlight to the right. A plat band runs over the ground floor. A mounting block is attached to the left. The range continues around the corner to the right, forming a further three-window range in a similar style, leading to the yard entrance. The interior of the stables has not been inspected.