Stable block approximately 10 metres to north east of service range to Halston Hall including attached gate piers and west range of farm buildings to east

Halston Hall, Ellesmere Road

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1367396
Date first listed:: 02-Sep-1987
List Entry Name:: Stable block approximately 10 metres to north east of service range to Halston Hall including attached gate piers and west range of farm buildings to east
Statutory Address:: Halston Hall, Ellesmere Road

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1367396
Date first listed:: 02-Sep-1987
List Entry Name:: Stable block approximately 10 metres to north east of service range to Halston Hall including attached gate piers and west range of farm buildings to east
Statutory Address 1:: Halston Hall, Ellesmere Road

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

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Halston Hall, Ellesmere Road

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

District:: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Whittington
National Grid Reference:: SJ3397331664

Details

SJ 3231-3331 and SJ 33 SW 11/125 and 5/125

WHITTINGTON CP ELLESMERE ROAD (south side) Stable block approximately 10 metres to north east of service range to Halston Hall including attached gate piers and west range of farm buildings to east

GV II Stable block and attached gate piers. Stables. Mid C18 to mid C19 with later additions and alterations. Yellowish red brick to mid C18 part (west range); red brick to other ranges; slate roofs, graded to east and west ranges which are hipped to south with pedimented gable to north end on west. Square plan around central paved courtyard with east range also forming west range of farmyard to east.

Two levels. C18 range has seven leaded casements directly below eaves and seven segmental-headed mullioned and transomed windows with leaded lights to ground floor (left blind). Segmental-headed boarded doors with rectangular barred overlights to left and immediately to right of centre; narrow round-headed arch to left of centre leads through to stable yard. Small red brick ridge stack to centre and larger one to right; lead-capped cupola with bell and weathervane to left of left stack and pyramidal-capped wooden louvre to right of right stack. Dentilled eaves cornice continued around pediment of north gable end, which has blind roundel to centre. Wide round-headed arch below with continuous stone impost band and glazing bars painted in imitation to tympanum [mostly flaked off at time of resurvey (June 1986)]. Segmental-headed three-light mullioned and transomed window with leaded lights below. Gabled dormers with leaded casements in roof slope to rear.

North range: probably mid C19. North wall blind except for vehicle arch with alternating angle quoins, cambered brick head and pitted keystone. Side facing stable yard has two segmental-headed fixed light windows flanking segmental-headed doorway on first floor and three segmental-headed centre-hung casements, one to left and two to right of segmental-headed stable door, on ground floor to left of vehicle arch. Clock directly above with louvred lantern to ridge to right.

South range: former coach house partly converted to garages in early C20 has two cast-iron columns supporting moulded wooden entablature to front. Lower C19 extension to east side of west range has three segmental-headed centre-hung casements to east side with coped eaves parapet and verges.

East range: also forms west range of farmyard to east. Probably late C18. Plain front to stable yard. Farmyard side has nine scattered eaves hatches below dentilled cornice. Ground floor has three wide elliptical arches to centre and three segmental-headed arches to left (far left mutilated) with double doors. Four doorways with stepped segmental heads to right, second from left leading through to stable yard and with similar segmental-headed window between three to left and one to right.

Gate piers: attached to west side of west range, forming entrance to yard between stables and Halston Hall (q.v.) and linked to left flanking wall of house (also q.v. under Halston Hall). Probably late C18. Sandstone ashlar with moulded plinths and capping surmounted by ball finials.

Interior of stable block. C19 cast-iron grates to fireplaces in first floor rooms of west range. North and south ranges and C19 addition to west range have C19 loose boxes with cast-iron grilles and hay racks. King-post roof in seven bays to north range and in nine bays with cambered tie beams to east range, which also has timber framed cross wall with square panels and vertical posts plus lighter horizontal members.

Included for group value. Farmbuildings to east, apart from those forming east range of stable block, are not included in this list.

Listing NGR: SJ3397331664

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 255841
Legacy System:: LBS

Legal

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