Description

LEIGHTON AND EATON LEIGHTON
SJ 60 NW
CONSTANTINE C.P.
2/99 Stable block approx.
175m north-east of
29.1.52 Leighton Hall (Previously
listed as Stables to
the East of Leighton
Lodge)
GV II

Stable block, now partly converted to domestic accommodation. 1778,
remodelled 1888 with early and mid-C20 additions and alterations. Red
brick, plain tile roofs with raised verges. Original square plan
around central courtyard, extended to south in late C19. Two levels
with single-storey south range, dentilled eaves cornice; round-headed
archway to front with raised keystone and pointed stone voussoirs
flanked by oculi with stone inscription panels, left with the initials
"JK" and the Kynnersley family coat-of-arms, right with the date "1778",
roundel above; pyramidal roof surmounted by clock tower with octagonal
wooden cupola and lead cap; ranges to left and right converted to
domestic accommodation, blind round-headed stable arches with early
and mid-C20 casements inserted, C20 doors and contemporary red brick
ridge stacks. Inside the courtyard the cambered arches of the north
range have been infilled and C20 casements inserted but the east range
retains a number of segmental-headed cast-iron windows. Interior: of
all ranges considerably altered during C20.

Listing NGR: SJ6143405211

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26470240

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)