Description

DIPTFORD

SX75NE Former Stables
5/210 immediately ESE of Crabadon
Court

GV II

Stables, used as cow house and now a barn. C17 slate rubble with dressed
slate chamfered plinth and hoodmoulds. Monopitch corrugated iron roof
replaces the original roof.
Rectangular on plan with main entrance at the centre of the front and a
small single cell plan at the left hand end. Built into the bank at the
back.
Probably originally 2 storeys having loft above but reduced to one storey.
Central semi-circular arch doorway with finely dressed chamfered slate
voussoirs and slate hoodmould above. One window either side of doorway
with chamfered wooden lintel with straps and slate hoodmould. Doorway to
left with timber lintel to left of which is a small window with a timber
lintel and slate dripstone. below the eaves a row of pigeon holes. The
right hand corner is rounded at the base with a plinth continuing around
the right hand end; over the rounded corner a corbel carries the square
corner above. The right hand end has a ventilation slit on the ground
floor and a square opening above with 2 rows of pigeon holes to the left.
The roof is a C20 structure.

Listing NGR: SX7581655091

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26578385

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Recommended Books

• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey