Description

SJ 5224-5324 MORETON CORBET C.P. PRESTON BROCKHURST

14/75 Stable block approx.
28.10.60 18 metres to north
of The Old Manor
House (formerly
listed as Coachbuildings,
Old Manor)

GV II

Stable block. Dated 1696. Yellow/grey sandstone ashlar with hipped
plain tile roof, lower over wings. Shallow U-plan. 2 storeys. Moulded
plinth. 1:3:1 bays; 2-light double-chamfered stone mullioned windows.
Central boarded door with moulded surround. Inscribed oval-shaped sundial
to right of left-hand first-floor window with wrought-iron gnomon.
Left-hand return front with one 2-light stone mullioned window on each
floor and right-hand return front with blocked or blind 2-light ground-
floor window (obscured by later addition). First-floor 2-light stone
mullioned window at rear. Interior: ceiling beams with mortices for
former timber framed partition. Chamfered-arched recess in left-hand
side wall and Tudor-arched blocked doorway or fireplace in right-hand
side wall. C19 stalls. Collar and tie-beam roof trusses.

Listing NGR: SJ5366724636

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26582958

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)