Stables At Staunton Court, Adjoining Dovecote

STAUNTON LEDBURY ROAD SO 7829-7929 (south side)

13/207 Stables at Staunton Court, adjoining dovecote

GV II

Former stable, now store. 1755 (datestone), altered late C19. Flemish bond brickwork, brick-nogged timber framing extension to rear, on stone plinth; tiled roof. Two unit, lofted. Front, towards farmyard: brick plinth. Boarded stable door each side of centre up one stone step, 2-light fanlight, cambered rubbed brick arch. Each side small, 2-light window, left glazed, right shutters, heads as doors. Diagonally-set datestone in centre: dentil eaves. Left corner later chamfered. Right return stone steps laid flat, open risers, on brick outer wall, to quarter landing for boarded gable door: plain iron handrail. Circular owl-hole in gable apex. Internally 3-bay roof, king-post trusses with double struts each side: 2 pairs butt purlins, no ridge member. Two-panel high framing to rear leanto, boarded door approached by steps. Leanto probably added late C18: gable steps and door to stable late C19. Forms group with house, dovecote, church and other farmbuildings (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO7819229174