Description

FORCETT AND CARKIN STANWICK LANE
NZ 1612-1712 (south side, off)

10/52 The Kennels

- II

Kennels, now house. Mid C19. Sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, Welsh
slate roofs. Single storey, U-shaped plan. West elevation: 3:3:3 bays.
Central range: chamfered rusticated quoins. Central blocked round-arched
doorway with raised ashlar surround, flanked by sash windows with raised
ashlar surrounds. Above, blind oculi with ashlar surrounds, the central one
larger. Shaped kneelers, ashlar coping. Ashlar octagonal end stacks. Side
ranges lower, with chamfered rusticated quoins at outer corners. Central
Diocletian windows with raised ashlar surrounds, flanked by sash windows
with ashlar lintels. Hipped roofs to outer ends. Rear, central range:
matching elevation but with C20 six-panel door in doorway. The central
range formed accommodation for the groom, the outer wings housed the dogs,
and have been altered and extended. The kennels belonged to Stanwick Park,
and are among the interesting surviving buildings belonging to that estate,
the main house of which has been demolished.

Listing NGR: NZ1783012108

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26424914

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)