Description

SE 35 NW SCRIVEN THE GREEN
(west side, off)
Old Scriven

5/72 Scriven Hall
(formerly listed as
The Coach House)
15.3.66
- II

Former stables and coach-house, now house. 1682 for Sir Thomas Slingsby,
converted in 1966. Coursed gritstone rubble, ashlar details, graduated
stone slate roof. 2 storeys, 7 x 1 bays. Plinth and quoins. West side:
3 steps up to central C20 glazed doors in a chamfered round archway with
imposts and keystone, all in a raised ashlar panel. A segmental broken
pediment above, with shield of the Slingsby family. 2-light chamfered
mullion windows with raised quoined jambs throughout, those to ground floor
not original with exception to far left, those to first floor restored and
that over door considerably wider than the others. Moulded first-floor
string which continues around left return. Moulded eaves cornice, hipped
roof. Stone stack to ridge, left of bays 2; rendered stack bay 5. Rear:
central C20 panelled door in chamfered shallow-pointed arch surmounted by a
coat of arms and a fragment of a chamfered moulding. The fenestration is
C20, matching south front. Blocked first-floor opening to left; to left of
entrance the walling is carried up in ashlar above the eaves to form a
bellcote with clock and weathervane. The bell is under a moulded arch
surmounted by an ogee finial, flanked by columns with moulded triangular
tops. Left return: 3-light mullion window to ground and first floor, the
upper window having recessed chamfers. Right return: 2-piece lintel to a
shallow chamfered 4-centred archway with glazed door; inserted windows.
Interior: the south room ceiling is divided by a spine beam and 2 cross
beams with ovolo- and cavetto-moulded plasterwork. Attached range to rear
right not of special interest. The building contract dated 1682 survives.
The south room was the Grand Stable, the remainder was stabling, botheys and
lofts, with 3 doorways on the south side. Part of the building was used as
a brewhouse during the C19 and during that time the range was used as a farm
outbuilding. Scriven Hall of c1730 was west of this range. During the
Second World War the Hall was requisitioned for a total of 13 years and
after damage by fire it was demolished in 1954. The Slingsby estate was
sold in 1965 and the outbuildings converted, the carved stone on the coach
house coming from the hall; the house was Lot 1 in the Sale Catalogue where
a photograph records its appearance prior to conversion. Jackson-Stops and
Staff, Sale 16 September 1965.

Listing NGR: SE3452558455

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542875

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)