Building record 3969/2/3 - Former stables to Rushton Hall

{1} Former stables. Early C19. (Dated 1829 on clock dial). Ironstone ashlar with limestone dressings. Collyweston stone slate roof hipped heads, and moulded stone ridge and rear stacks. 2 storeys. U-plan, 5-bay main block and 3-bay wings, divided by plain pilasters. Central clock and bell turret with octagonal pyramid roof. 3 central bays of main block have segment-headed carriage arches (those to left and right with double board doors). End bays have doors with simple Gothic-traceried overlights and more rounded segmental heads, and small-paned windows with similar heads. Some round punched ventilators. 3/6 sash windows with guaged stone heads above. Left-hand wing has 3 similar doors to ground floor and 3 3/6 sashes above, and in addition 2 bulls-eye windows to central bay. Right hand wing has similar detail disposed slightly differently, door to end bay altered. Lower carriage houses at ends of both wings, with half-hipped roofs and ends with pediments over blind segmental panels. Some interior fittings survive.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 4/229 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), J12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

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Feb 4 2011 12:46PM