Survey Data
Reg No
22125005
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Coolville
Original Use
Stables
In Use As
Stables
Date
1800 - 1810
Coordinates
200534, 113984
Date Recorded
25/04/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Coach yard complex, built c. 1805, comprising two ranges of multiple-bay two-storey stables and coach houses to south and west. South range multi-phase. Two-phase L-plan two- and three-storey house to east with rear extension, having half-hipped, gabled and catslide slate roofs with part-dressed stone eaves course and two-bay two-storey house to west with pitched slate roof, flanking entrance comprising carriage arch with pedestrian entrance. Stables have pitched artificial slate roofs, with dressed stone eaves course and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble sandstone walls. Square-headed openings with replacement timber shutters, windows and doors. Segmental- and elliptical carriage arches with sandstone voussoirs and replacement timber double doors. Dwellings have rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods, rubble sandstone walls and square-headed openings with replacement timber windows and doors. Elliptical-headed entrance carriage arch with cut stone voussoirs, impost course, carved keystone and rubble walls with capping. Square-headed pedestrian entrance having cut stone voussoirs and dropped keystone. Replacement wrought-iron gates.
Appraisal
This coach yard forms part of an interesting demesne group with the nearby Coolville House and the mill complex, both also built by the Grubb family. The outbuildings form an architecturally-pleasing enclosed space with their regular roofline and closed corners. Interest is added by the dwellings to the north with their varied roofs and the finely-carved entrance arch. It has been restored and is still in use.