Description

SE 6083 HELMSLEY DUNCOMBE PARK ESTATE

9/54 Northern Stable Block
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GV I

Stable block and quadrant wall to Duncombe Park (qv). 1846. By Charles
Barry. Sandstone ashlar. Square with open courtyard and quadrant wall
to east. Stable block: 1 storey with attic. 7 bays, outer bays flanked
by rusticated pilasters and containing keyed round-headed recesses, with
window to left bay and door to right bay, both with semi-circular
windows above. Central bays form keyed round arched blank arcade
supported on rusticated pilasters and containing slit windows.
Dentilled cornice and blank parapet. Corners rising to attics with
single 2-light casements, plain parapet and urns at corners. Clock
tower to left with circular louvres in square recesses, and curved
pyramidal roof carrying weather-vane. Corridor: plain curving wall with
2 small rectangular windows. Hussey, 'Duncombe Park I and II', Country
Life, December 5 and 12, 1957; Pevsner, Yorkshire: the North Riding,
1966.

Listing NGR: SE6037883060

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17538345

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)