The Hall, Stable Block And Attached Wall And Gatehouse

BROCKHALL SP66SW 5/41 The Hall, stable block and attached wall and gatehouse GV II Stable block. Dated 1799 (Pevsner). Ironstone ashlar, patterned slate hipped roof. U-plan. 2-window, 2-storey central block flanked by one-storey wings with hay loft enclosing 3 sides of a courtyard. 4 segmental-headed 18-panel double-leaf coachouse doors to central block flanked by 12-pane sash windows and 9-panel doors with overlight at either end. Return wings have similar doors and windows symmetrically disposed, those to right wing blind. Double-leaf garage doors replace left end door and window to left wing. String course above and row of lunettes mostly blind. Central pavilion has round-headed windows and plain pilaster strips to centre and at either end. Dentilled pediment with clock face in moulded stone frame and square surround. Square timber cupola to roof above with open round-headed arches on octagonal columns and ogee lead roof. Moulded stone eaves to wings. Attached crenellated wall of c.1800 bounding churchyard, extends from left end of stable block to Hall, with gatehouse giving access to church near house. The 2-storey gatehouse has Tudor arched doorway with trefoil cut spandrels and hood mould. Chamfered arches with pointed heads to other three sides within churchyard. Chamfered plinth and string at first floor level and at base of battlemented parapet. (Buildings of England: Northants, p.128).

Listing NGR: SP6326262662