Details
SX 45 NW ANTONY ANTONY PARK
3/24 Group of stable buildings attached
to north east of Antony House
GV II
Group of stable buildings, including stable block, barn with horse engine shed
attached, range of outbuildings including former smithy, walls and piers. Early-mid
C18, possibly incorporating earlier farm buildings, with later C19 and C20
alterations. Banded rubble in slatestone and limestone, with slate roofs.
The stable yard is enclosed by a wall with entrances to north west, south east and
north east; to the south west is a stable block, barn with horse engine shed to south
east and range of outbuildings to north. A drainage stream is channeled on a
north/south axis through the cobbled yard.
The walls are about 3 metres high, varied with the slope of the ground, in banded
rubble with rubble coping. The northern entrance has square rubble piers about 4
metres high with pyramidal caps; the southern entrance has trompe l'oeil piers of
rhomboid plan about 4 metres high, in rubble with ball finial on shaped stem. North
east gateway has no piers, base for ball finials remaining on wall ends. Similar
entrance to south east, with ball finials on shaped stems at wall ends, finials in
granite.
The stable block is of 2 storeys, with 8 windows at first floor, all of 3 lights,
with transom, with flat brick heads and keystone. Central external stair leads to
half-glazed door with lower door with segmental head. At ground floor, from left, 3
carriage entrances with double doors and louvres under segmental brick heads with
keystones, 2-light and 3-light window with segmental head and keystone; to the right
of the external stair, a 3-light window and 2 further carriage entries. To end right
a 3-light window. The stable block is in banded rubble, with eaves cornice and
granite quoins, with clock cupola, slate-hung, with ogee lead roof and weathervane,
clock dated 1870. Right side of stable has segmental-headed door with shield of arms
set over, two 3-light casements with flat brick heads under eaves. Left side has 2-
storey lean-to with door and single storey lean-to with door with cambered brick
head. Rear has 4 brick stacks, 12 casements at first floor with cambered brick heads
at varied levels; single storey lean-to to centre and to right. The stable block is
attached to the rear of the forecourt buildings by a banded rubble wall about 2½
metres high and about 10 metres long, with rubble coping.
The barn is of 2 storeys with hayloft, in banded rubble with hipped slate roof;
external stair leads to porch with hipped roof, 2-light casement right and left at
first floor, with glazing bars. Left side has cart entry and similar 2-light
casement above; right side has 16-pane sash with timber lintel at ground floor and 2-
light casement above. To rear, weatherboarded outshut and attached single storey
horse engine shed, formerly with open bays, now with casements inserted, hipped roof.
The roundhouse is a later C19 addition in random rubble.
The range of outbuildings is of later C19, in random rubble, with slate roofs. 2
storeys, and with 3 wings projecting to front, 2 with gable end cart entries.
Building to end right was formerly smithy, and has rubble stack, door and 3-light
window. Main range has 3 C20 doors.
There appears to have been a phase of estate building in banded rubble, as at
Ferryman's Cottage at Jupiter Point (q.v.), probably slightly later than those
buildings in brick.
Listing NGR: SX4181656310
