Building record 8010/1/3 - Stable Block c.100m East of Laxton Hall

Stables now dwelling and outbuildings. C.1807 by Humphrey Repton for George Freke Evans, modified C20. Squared coursed limestone and limestone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs. Courtyard plan.

{1} Stables now dwelling and outbuildings. C.1807 by Humphrey Repton for George Freke Evans, modified C20. Squared coursed limestone and limestone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs. Courtyard plan. Main front is ashlar of 7 bays. Tuscan style with central bay breaking forward having a semi-circular carriage arch with keyblock. The underside of the arch has a groined vault. Cornice above archway, with stepped block parapet. Flanking bays are blind semi-circular arcades with keyblocks and continuous platb nd at the springing. The end bays break forward, with a triangular pediment over. Chamfered plinth. Overhanging eaves with wooden modillions. Shallow gabled roof, with ashlar ridge stacks to left and right. Central octagonal turret surmounted by a cupola with 8 wooden columns. Clock face on turret and bell in cupola. C20, single-storey, extension to far left. Elevations to left and right of main front are blank with casement openings to far left and right, respectively. Rear elevation is similar to side elevations. Courtyard elevation opposite entrance has centre 3 bays of 2 storeys. 3 openings, at ground floor, have semi-circular heads with keyblocks, glazed tympana and recessed doorways. Sash windows, with glazing bars, to first floor, under stone lintels with keyblocks. Raised band between floors and triangular pediment over. The flanking 2 bays are single-storey and were originally loose boxes. Elevation to left of entrance is 2 storeys, 4 bays with a 3-window range of tall sa h windows, under stone lintels, with keyblocks. Doorway to right. Central pitch hole at first floor. Elevation to right of entrance is single-storey with a similar arrangement of openings. Both ranges were originally stables. Elevation to rear of main front is 2 storeys with 3 bays of segmental arch-head openings to either side of the central carriage arch. They were originally coach houses and now have C20 glazed infill panels. Sash windows at first floor similar to those in the other ranges. Nterior not inspected, modified C20.

{3} Plan and elevations.

{7} Undated photo;

{8} A level 2 building recording survey was carried out ahead of and during programme of renovation.

{10} A brick vault (probably a water tank) was found during underpinning works. It was situated in the corner between the Grooms Cottage and the stable and is probably contemporary with or slightly later than the construction of the Grooms Cottage which was constructed between 1885 and 1899.

Historic England, Undated, LAXTON HALL, LAXTON, BF061879 (Archive). SNN114576.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 4/158 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G11 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.112-3 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.289 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<5> Freke Evans Collection, (unchecked) (Archive). SNN105541.

<6> Architectural Drawings Collection, (unchecked) (Drawing). SNN105542.

<7> Photographs of buildings in Laxton (Photographs). SNN112600.

<8> 2019, Laxton Hall Stables, Laxton Hall, Laxton, Northamptonshire: Interim Summary of Historic Building Recording (Report). SNN112646.

<9> Phillips, M, 2020, Laxton Hall Stables, Laxton Hall, Laxton, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Recording (Report). SNN112693.

<10> 2020, Laxton Hall Stables, Laxton Hall, Laxton, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Record; Interim Note: Below Ground Tank (Report). SNN112694.

Record last edited

Jan 10 2023 3:43PM