Stable Block To East Of Forcett Hall

FORCETT AND CARKIN FORCETT PARK NZ 1612-1712 10/45 Stable Block to east of Forcett Hall (formerly listed as 4.2.69 Stables at Forcett Hall)

GV II*

Stable block. Late C18. Ashlar sandstone, Westmorland slate roofs. U- shaped plan, with 2-storey central range and single-storey wings to rear. Main block: 3:3:3 bays. The central 3 bays project slightly, and are pedimented. Plinth. Central round-arched carriageway. Other bays have effect of ground-floor rounded arcade, with recessed stonework and a round- arched sash window with glazing bars in each bay, and a continuous impost band. First floor: 6-pane sash windows. Cornice. Hipped roof. Corniced stacks between fourth and fifth, sixth and seventh bays. In carriageway, doorways with architraves, that to right with board stable door. Inner elevation of left rear range, from left: three C20 garage doors; sash window with glazing bars; door of 6 fielded panels below 6-pane overlight, both with wedge lintels; pump housed in wooden box with spout on left and handle on right side; C20 truck opening; roof hipped to right, stacks at centre and near hip. Inner elevation of right rear range, from right: segmental-arched opening; 6 stable doors below 6-pane overlights, with blind window between second and third stable, all with wedge lintels; cornice; roof hipped to left. Further to left, Welsh slate roof, supported on Ionic column, forming lean-to log stores against garden wall which terminates in a gate pier with banded rustication: the opposite gate pier terminates a wall attached to Forcett Hall (qv).

Listing NGR: NZ1728912352