NUMBERS 1-12, WALCOT HALL FLATS, NUMBERS 1-3, CLOCK TOWER HOUSE, ADJOINING STABLE BLOCK TO NORTH-WEST AND COURTYARD WALL ADJOINING TO SOUTH-EAST

NUMBERS 1-12, WALCOT HALL FLATS, NUMBERS 1-3, CLOCK TOWER HOUSE, ADJOINING STABLE BLOCK TO NORTH-WEST AND COURTYARD WALL ADJOINING TO SOUTH-EAST, WALCOT

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1308143
Date first listed:: 01-Dec-1951
List Entry Name:: NUMBERS 1-12, WALCOT HALL FLATS, NUMBERS 1-3, CLOCK TOWER HOUSE, ADJOINING STABLE BLOCK TO NORTH-WEST AND COURTYARD WALL ADJOINING TO SOUTH-EAST
Statutory Address:: NUMBERS 1-12, WALCOT HALL FLATS, NUMBERS 1-3, CLOCK TOWER HOUSE, ADJOINING STABLE BLOCK TO NORTH-WEST AND COURTYARD WALL ADJOINING TO SOUTH-EAST, WALCOT

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1308143
Date first listed:: 01-Dec-1951
Date of most recent amendment:: 02-Jan-1985
List Entry Name:: NUMBERS 1-12, WALCOT HALL FLATS, NUMBERS 1-3, CLOCK TOWER HOUSE, ADJOINING STABLE BLOCK TO NORTH-WEST AND COURTYARD WALL ADJOINING TO SOUTH-EAST
Statutory Address 1:: NUMBERS 1-12, WALCOT HALL FLATS, NUMBERS 1-3, CLOCK TOWER HOUSE, ADJOINING STABLE BLOCK TO NORTH-WEST AND COURTYARD WALL ADJOINING TO SOUTH-EAST, WALCOT

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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:: NUMBERS 1-12, WALCOT HALL FLATS, NUMBERS 1-3, CLOCK TOWER HOUSE, ADJOINING STABLE BLOCK TO NORTH-WEST AND COURTYARD WALL ADJOINING TO SOUTH-EAST, WALCOT

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Lydbury North
National Grid Reference:: SO3477784999

Details

SO 38 NW and SO 38 SW; 5/134 and 9/134

LYDBURY NORTH C.P., WALCOT, Nos. 1-12, Walcot Hall Flats, Nos. 1-3, Clock Tower House, adjoining stable block to north-west and courtyard wall adjoining to south-east

(formerly listed as Stables at Walcot)

1/12/51

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II

Stables and adjoining walls, now partly converted to flats. After 1763, probably by Sir William Chambers, with some early C19 alterations. Red brick with ashlar dressings and hipped slate roofs. Two ranges, to north- east and south-west, returning to enclose courtyard to north-west and enclosing wall to south-east. North-east range; north-east front: 3:3:3 bay rhythm with large central 2-storey tower and lower set-back wings. Centre-pivoted casements with gauged heads and stone cills. Tower with plinth, parapet heightened probably in the early C19 with moulded stone cornice and blocking course, external end stacks, and lead-sheathed base to central cupola (removed at time of resurvey, July 1984). Two first-floor windows flanking slightly higher central blind window with clock above; ground floor blind windows implying Serliana by flanking large central carriageway with gauged brick round-arch and moulded stone impost blocks, continued as cornice through archway. Wings: with plinths, stone eaves bands, and end stack to left; three first-floor windows to right and one to left; ground floor blind arcading with continuous impost bands and gauged brick round-arches; two inserted 3- panelled doors in second bay from right. South-west front: 3:3:3 bay rhythm; central tower with carriage arch, stone eaves band, and glazing bar sashes; wings with first floor centre-pivoted casements, and ground floor top-opening small-paned casements. Probably early C19 one storey block curving round to left with 3 windows and central octagonal cupola with ogee lead cap. South-west range: L-plan. North-east front: 2 storeys. 6:4:6 bay rhythm. Ashlar plinth, stone eaves band, 2 ridge stacks off-centre to left and right, and stack behind ridge to right; triangular pedimented gable over 4 projecting centre bays with stone band at eaves level, moulded stone verge, and clock in tympanum; central circular wooden cupola with square base, 4 Doric columns supporting entablature, and lead dome with globe finial and weathervane; glazing bar sashes with gauged heads and stone cills; 4 central double boarded doors with segmental gauged-brick heads and stone impost bands, and double 3-panelled doors in fourth bays from left and right. Right-hand return front with 2 ridge stacks; 4 bays with double 3-panelled doors to left. Short brick wall attached to right with stone coping. Wall enclosing south-east side of courtyard of red brick with stone coping, approximately 25 metres long. Interior of curved stable block to north retains stalls for horses. The wooden cupola over the north-east block is circular with 6 columns supporting frieze and cornice, and lead dome with globe finial and weathervane; it was removed for safety reasons and remains on the ground in the vicinity of the stable courtyard. Country Life, Vol. LXXXVII, October 14th 1939, pp.388-92, and Vol. CL, November 1971, pp.1366-8; N. Pevsner, B.O.E. Shropshire, p.307.

Listing NGR: SO3477784999

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Legacy System number:: 257048
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Shropshire, (1958), 307
'Country Life' in 14 October, , Vol. 87, (1939), 388-92
'Country Life' in November, , Vol. 150, (1971), 1366-8

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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.