Carriage Yard to west of Lleweni Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 October 1950. Stable, coach-house.
Carriage Yard to west of Lleweni Hall
- WRENN ID
- quiet-vestry-blackthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- Stable, coach-house
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
A large classical stable and coach-house complex built of Flemish bond red brick with dressed stone detailing, arranged on a rectangular plan around a central courtyard. The whole composition is distinctive for its arcaded treatment and corner pavilions, with slate roofs hipped to the pavilions and the north end.
The complex consists of two parallel single-storey ranges: the eastern (front) range for horses and the western (rear) range for carriages. At the north end stands a large two-storey dwelling for the coachmen. The south end is enclosed between two two-storey pavilions containing offices, workshops and other ancillary accommodation, formerly gated for the main carriage access.
The main eastern front is continuously arcaded along its 3+11+3-bay length, with a dentil cornice and paired band courses of brick at impost level. The two-storey corner pavilions have a further band course below the eaves. The arcaded ground floor bays of the pavilions are more deeply recessed and feature dressed stone arches, imposts and guttae. The central bay of each pavilion has an inner arched head creating the effect of a broad Venetian window, although later timber casements have been inserted into the former blind openings. Above are three 1st floor window openings with apron detailing. Stone or plaster paterae are set below the imposts along the full length. Some bays of the 11-bay section have been rendered over and painted with dummy small-pane sash windows, while bays 9 and 11 retain actual 12-pane sashes. Above the paired band courses are blind lunettes at hay-loft level.
The western (rear) elevation to the western range is similar, with square-headed cartsheds to each of the central 11 bays, except to the centre which has through-access to the courtyard. The cartsheds to bays 4 and 5 have been filled in and given doorways. The hay-loft lunettes to alternate bays have been replaced with tripartite windows. Paterae appear below the impost on each bay as on the east front. A screen wall between the two end pavilions marks the former gated southern carriage access. The south faces of the pavilions have blind round arches to the same height as the ground floor and blind 1st floor windows with apron detailing. Arcading continues around the west and east (inner) faces of these pavilions, though all glazing is missing.
The north end features a large 2-storey house with a massive gabled porch and tall round-arched entrance. The dentil cornice, impost band and paterae are continued here, with a brick chimney. The 1st floor has camber-headed openings with small-pane casement windows, and the ground floor has 20-pane sashes with voussoired heads on all sides, some retaining shutters.
On the inner side of the carriage yard, most windows are blind. The floors are divided by the doubled band course as on the outer elevations. The rear of the house has a tall round-arched relieving arch. The west range has a central arch for the covered carriageway.
At the time of inspection, the complex was in increasingly derelict condition with many fittings removed. The house retains some shutters and a cast-iron range to the kitchen.
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