The Stables, Curved Walls And Piers To The Stable Yard, 20 Metres North West Of Chilton Cantelo House

ST52SE CHILTON CANTELO CP

4/15 The stables, curved walls and piers to the stable yard, 20 metres North-west of Chilton Cantelo House

GV II

Stables and stableyard to former manor house. Mid C19. Local stone cut and squared, with Ham stone dressings; Welsh slate hipped roofs. Of 'L' plan, mostly one storey, with 2-storey portion at end of South wing, with a stone bell turret on the North-east angle between the wings. Timber casement windows with voussoired and keystoned arches; tall semi-circular arched doorways to 2-storey block, now filled in tiff extension in concrete block with corrugated asbestos cement sheet roof to South of West wing. Interiors, adapted for school use, not seen. The clock turret has crude scoll pilasters on each face, flanking a clock dial; above a semi-circular open arched bell turret with bell; lead covered bell-hipped pyramidal roof with stone finial. The curved stone walls to the stable yard approximately 2.5 metres high, with flat copings and massive circular stone piers having heavy moulded caps. Not only an important part of the Manor house estate, still virtually complete, but visually important because of its relationship with St James' Church (qv), to which it fords the West boundary to the churchyard: the bell turret sakes an interesting contrast with the West tower of the church.

Listing NGR: ST5700422172