Description

The following building shall be added:

GUNNERSBURY AVENUE W3
TQ 1979
15/109 West Stables in
Gunnersbury Park
GV II

Stables. Early C19, remodelled 1836 by Sydney Smirke for Nathan Rothschild;
remains of Gothic sham to rear built 1837-40 by William Fuller Pocock for Thomas
Farmer of Gunnersbury House. Stucco over brick; hipped slate roofs; stuccoed
brick ridge stacks. L-plan with front-left wing. Italianate style. 2 storeys;
8-window range to front and 2-window range to wing on left. Rusticated bay
to left of centre, with round window over semi-circular arched doorway,
surmounted by pedimented bell-tower. Square-headed 2-light first-floor windows
over semi-circular arched doorway and lunettes to left and garage/coach house
doors to right; rusticated end bay to right has blind oval window set above
semi-circular arched doorway; canted bay to right gable end. No interior
features of interest. Subsidiary features: Gothic-style rear elevation, with
each buttressed bay having group of 3 blind lancets over blind pointed arch:
built as Gothic folly in order to hide view of stables from Gunnersbury House.

Listing NGR: TQ1924279104

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389207

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas