Building record 767/3/4 - Stable block and coach house at Litchborough Hall

Stable block and coach house. Dated 1670, largely rebuilt mid C19. Coursed squared ironstone, old plain-tile roof.

{1} Stable block and coach house. Dated 1670, largely rebuilt mid C19. Coursed squared ironstone, old plain-tile roof. Central gabled projection has double-leaf coach-house doors with segmental-arched head and hood mould, clock-face above in trefoiled stone surround, diagonal buttresses, stone-coped gable with kneelers and bell-cote to gable. Stables either side are symmetrical and have plank stable doors to left and right, with overlights, 2-light hollow-chamfered stone mullion windows between doors and 1-light windows with chamfered stone jambs and wood lintels to far right and far left. Datestone in right gable inscribed P/SE/1670. 9-bay bolted collar-truss roof. Included for group value.

{3} Undated photo, also photo dated 15.12.1993;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/114 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F09 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Litchborough (Photographs). SNN112601.

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