Description

SD 52 SE CUERDEN SHADY LANE

Stable block attached to west end
3/98 of Cuerden Hall
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GV II

Stable block to Cuerden Hall, early C19, subsequently enlarged, now offices.
Brick with stone dressings, hipped stone slate roofs. Large U-shaped
plan of 3 ranges (subsequently enclosed by later additions to make a
square courtyard). Two storeys; outer walls topped by a high parapet
with stone coping. Front (north) side incorporates, between brick
pilasters, coupled round-headed entrance arches, that on the right
leading into courtyard; above these the parapet is ramped, has pilaster
strips enclosing a stone shield (3 animal heads bearing daggers in the
teeth), and an apron. Left return wall of this range has similar brick
pilasters and similarly ramped parapet with a clockface in the centre;
and courtyard side has a hexagonal ogee-capped bellcote on the roof,
a wagon door to left of the entrance arch. Courtyard wall of east
range, stepped back at left end, has 8 tall windows with splayed brick
heads alternating with lower openings with rounded jambs, all originally
doors but 2nd to 5th now altered to make square windows; at right end is
a high segmental-headed recessed bay. South range has 3 adjoined wagon
doorways with gauged segmental brick heads. East range of courtyard,
the outer wall of which conforms to the rest, incorporates a mid-C19
iron and glass roof supported by latticed girders on cast iron Corinthian
columns.

Listing NGR: SD5637823929

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26328094

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