Description

ASHPRINGTON
Stables immediately East
SX85NW of Lower Washbourne
6/2 Barton
23.7.87

GV II

Stable range and coachhouse with loft above. Circa 1830-40. Plastered stone
rubble. Corrugated iron hipped roof with deep eaves with shaped soffit
brackets. The left hipped end retains the slates.
Plan: Rectangular plan. Stables to the left with front entrance to the left
of centre and an integral coach-house to the right also with a front entrance;
a loft over both parts.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical front. 3 tall windows with segmented heads
and C20 cross mullion-transom window frames. Large coach-house doorway to the
right with a segmented head, the door missing; and a stable doorway to the
left of centre with a pair of engraved round arches above. All the openings
had plaster keystones. There is a very small loft window under the eaves to
the left of centre.
Interior: The stalls have been taken out. The roof has elm roof trusses.
A bell lying inside the stables is dated 1602 and has name Henry (Somster?).

Listing NGR: SX8054655252

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26610559

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
• 
  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)