Description

TQ 54 SW: TQ 53 NW SPELDHURST LEGGS LANE (off)

3/537: 7/537 Stable court at Shirley Hall

GV II

Stable court, partly converted to housing. Circa 1850. Entrance archway
sandstone ashlar, the remainder rendered; slate roofs.

Plan: 4 ranges round a courtyard with an entrance archway in the east range.
The north range is a house; coach houses in the west range; stabling
originally in the south and east ranges. The courtyard is not completely
enclosed; there is access to the house between the west and south ranges.

Exterior: 2 storey house; stable buildings single-storey. East elevation 5
bays with a grand projecting stone archway in the first bay from the left.
This has a round-headed moulded arch with a triple keystone springing from
imposts with chamfered rustication and moulded capitals. Above the capitals
chamfered quoins extend to the gable, which is treated as a pediment with a
moulded cornice with ball finials at the apex and to left and right. Crest
showing a cock is carved in relief in the gable. 4-pane plate glass sashes,
one to the left, 3 to the right. The roof is surmounted by 2 elaborate
ventilators with round-headed louvred panels and gabled roofs on brackets with
finials at the apex. Inside the courtyard the west range has 4 paired
carriage doors with strap hinges and a slate pent roof carried on iron
columns. 3- or 4-room plan house in the north range with 2 axial stacks and
an irregular 5-window front of C19 and C20 windows. A wide archway in the
centre has been filled in. The stables are somewhat altered and are partly
used as garages.

Group value with Shirely Hall (q.v.).

Listing NGR: TQ5405939961

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26534232

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)