Description

STANWIX RURAL RICKERBY
NY 45 NW

5/99 Stable Block east of
Eden School

II

School buildings, formerly stable block for Rickerby House, now Eden School.
Late C18. Flemish bond brick walls, graduated slate roof. 2 storeys, 5 bays
with wing of 3 bays facing onto stable yard. Chamfered stone mullioned window
surrounds, ground floor with pointed arches, hood mouldings: entrance with
moulded and chamfered surround, pointed arch, diamond-paned fanlight: windows
with cast-iron diamond-paned casements. Hexagonal clock tower at north-west
corner with slit windows, castellated parapet, rebuilt in 1982 in C20 brick in
facimile, because of structural defect. 2 hexagonal gate towers on north face,
flank filled entrance arch. Large tower to rear of stable yard on the east
wall, has crow-stepped gables, corbelled-out upper storey and oversailing
brickwork at corners. Listing includes short castellated wall attached to
north-east corner of the building, extending to Holme Farm.

Listing NGR: NY4142457021

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26608867

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability