STABLE BLOCK AT ASTLEY CASTLE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1034777
Date first listed:: 11-Nov-1952
List Entry Name:: STABLE BLOCK AT ASTLEY CASTLE
Statutory Address:: STABLE BLOCK AT ASTLEY CASTLE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1034777
Date first listed:: 11-Nov-1952
List Entry Name:: STABLE BLOCK AT ASTLEY CASTLE
Statutory Address 1:: STABLE BLOCK AT ASTLEY CASTLE

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: STABLE BLOCK AT ASTLEY CASTLE

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County:: Warwickshire
District:: North Warwickshire (District Authority)
Parish:: Astley
National Grid Reference:: SP 31147 89392

Details

ASTLEY

1728/8/17 ASTLEY CASTLE 11-NOV-52 Stable block at Astley Castle

GV II*

Stables and coach house range. Circa mid to late C18. Regular coursed sandstone; rear wall of brick. C20 plain-tile hipped roof. T-plan with wing to rear. Gothick Revival style with 4-centred arches throughout. One storey, 5 bays. Symmetrical front has moulded cornice and embattled parapet. 3-bay centre projects slightly and has embattled gable parapet. Double-chamfered doorway with plank door. Windows have Y-tracery. Gable has large moulded quatrefoil opening, partially bricked-up and damaged. First and fifth bays have large bricked-up double-chamfered arches, probably originally coach houses. At rear, gabled wing at centre; later cart entrance on right with added gable above. INTERIOR: Some of the original roof structure remains and interior fittings said to have been largely replaced. This is a good example of C18 Gothick Revival style.

Listing NGR: SP3114789392

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Legacy System number:: 309105
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.