Building record 1965/2/2 - Stables, Screen Wall & Gateway at Cranford Hall

{1} Stables. Probably C18, altered C19, screen wall and gateway C18. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings. Colleyweston stone slate roofs, stone ridge and end stacks. South and west blocks forming L-plan linked by wall to north block. Wall pierced by gateway in the form of a 4-centred arch with cornice above, flanked by buttresses. At either end the gable ends of the north and south stable blocks have coped gables and pointed finials, a 2-light mullioned window with hood mould and, at ground floor level, a 3-light mullioned and transomed window with hood-mould. To courtyard, north block has central segmental-headed carriage opening with board door and round-headed overlight to left, and a small-paned casement window and a similar door to right; west block has 3 small-paned casement windows with similar doors to left and right, and a gabled dormer; south block has a stable door to left, then 3 segmental-headed carriage doorways and a blocked door, now window, to right. Interiors not inspected. Included for group value.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 18/167 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K1/4 p.26 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

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Oct 3 2008 10:42AM