Soilwell Farm (former stables circa 45 metres north-west of Soilwell Manor)

Former stables, now house. Built in the C17 or C18, with late C20 and C21 alterations. The single-storey outbuildings to the south-east are excluded from the List entry.

MATERIALS: constructed of thin-bedded sandstone and re-roofed in double Roman pantiles. The window and door openings are set beneath wooden lintels, some renewed and most with stone drip moulding above, similar to that at Soilwell Manor. The windows are late C20 timber casements. Late C20 stone chimney stack.

PLAN: a rectangular, single-depth building of two and a half storeys.

EXTERIOR: the south-east elevation forms the entrance front. The central double-doors are flanked by windows, and to the left is the entrance door to the house; the formerly blocked door opening to the right has been partially reopened as a window. To the first floor the central lunette window has an iron grille and is set within a corbelled segmental arch, flanked by re-opened window openings. The gabled side elevation has a large ground-floor opening, and a window to the first floor and attic. The rear (north-west) elevation has two window openings at ground floor and three at first floor. To the far right is a ventilation slit to the ground floor and a single-light window to the first floor. There are two windows to the south-west gable.

INTERIOR: the entrance door is set beneath a C20 canopy and provides access to a hall with cobblestone floor and a C20 staircase with oak treads. A cupboard to the end of the hall has a brick floor, and a blocked opening to the left. To the right is the opened-up kitchen with boxed-in RSJs and re-used and original timbers. The upright posts are re-used ceiling beams. The chimney breast between the kitchen and the living room is a late C20 insertion, and the bressumer is a re-used ceiling beam. The first and second floor has been subdivided to provide additional living accommodation and incorporates RSJs, C20 and original timbers. There is an axial beam to the first floor with run-out stops. The roof has been raised but retains its principal rafters with collars and through purlins. The timbers are pegged and include carpenter’s marks. There are hooks, and remnants of machinery to some of the timbers.

Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that the single-storey outbuildings to the south-east of Soilwell Farm are excluded from the List entry.