Description

SK 45 SW RIDDINGS SPRING ROAD
(south side)

4/57 Stables and dovecot to
rear of Nos 13 and 14

1.2.82

GV II

Stable block with dovecot. c1860 with alterations 1986. Red brick with blue brick
dressings, slate roofs with rear wall brick stacks. Two storey central single bay
flanked by four bay single storey wings, that to left with advanced two bay wing
to far left. Gabled central bay is advanced and has two narrow segment-headed
windows to centre of ground floor flanked by segment-headed doorcases with plank
doors below blocked overlights. Above there is a semi-circular headed doorcase
with plank door on to iron hoist platform supported by decorative brackets. Gable
above is broken to centre by raised section with gabled top which forms the end
wall of large ridge dovecot. Side gables and raised gable have pierced decorative
barge-boards with pendents and finials. Sides of dovecot are completely glazed
with small pane windows between timber mullions, each side with central gable
decorated with pierced barge-boards. Above to centre is a square open timber cupola
with pyramidal roof topped by iron weather-vane. Wing to right has inserted C20
doors to left, and 3 plain sashes to right. Wing to left has small pane window
and segment-headed doorcase to right with segment-headed doorcase flanked by small
pane windows to advanced wing to left. Undergoing conversion into a house at time
of resurvey. Probably built by the Oakes family, local ironmasters who owned most
of Ridding Village.

Listing NGR: SK4322552562

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452599

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)