Coach House And Stable Block Approximately 20 Yards South West Of Ilam Hall

SK 15 SW ILAM C.P,. ILAM PARK

8/121 Coach house and stable block approximately 20 yards S.W. of Ilam Hall.

G.V. II Coach house and stable block, now a classroom and tea room. Remodelled c1830 perhaps by James Trubshawe, but probably retains some earlier fabric. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings; clay tile roof with coped verges on kneelers; ashlar ridge stacks. Tudor Gothic style; U-shape plan; coach house in main range; stables in wings; accommodation for grooms on first floor. 2 storeys; 1:6:1 bays; central;recessed main range flanked by projecting gabled wings capped by pinnacles, to left and right; roll and fillet moulded mullioned windows with straight hood moulds; those to main range and to sides of wings have 2-lights, those to gable ends of wings have 3-lights. The ground floor of the main range has 5 four centred coach arches in the centre with a double leaved iron studded door behind each; to either side of this arcade and separated by a slim buttress is a Tudor arch doorway with straight hood mould; there is a similar doorway in the centre of the side of each crosswing. Interior: King post roof (bolted rather than pegged) to left hand wing.

Listing NGR: SK1310450635