Building record 364/1/2 - Edgcote House, stables

Stables. 1747 (datestone) designed by William Smith of Warwick for Richard Chauncey.

{1} Stables. 1747 (datestone) designed by William Smith of Warwick for Richard Chauncey. Ironstone ashlar tiled roof; brick stacks. L-plan. 2 storeys and attic. Pedimented left wing. 5 bays has central 2-light window with wood mullion and transom and plain stone frame, flanked by doorways with moulded stone frames, rectangular overlights and 6-panel doors 2-light windows in outer bays with plain stone frames and wood mullions. All windows have leaded panes. Central pediment on scroll brackets has round window and sundial below; between them datestone 1747. Hipped roof with wooden clock turret with lead cupola and weathervane. Right wing, similar materials, 5 bays, has arched carriage entrances in 2 left bays with side lights and 4-panel doors. Doorway with plain stone frame, rectangular overlight and 9-panel door in right bay. 2-light wood casement windows first-floor. 5 hipped attic dormers. (H.M. Colvin, Biographical Dictionary of English Architects p. ; H. Avray Tipping, Edgcote House, Country Life January 10 1920.)

{3}Stables built 1747 & designed by William Smith of Warwick;

{4} Undated photo, also photo dated 7.6.1991;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 5/122 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F02 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.209 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Edgcote (Photographs). SNN111811.

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Aug 12 2024 12:39PM