Description

TL 41 SW HUNSDON HARLOW ROAD (A414)
(south side)

2/28 Stable Block at Briggens
House Hotel 15 metres N
- of house

GV II

Stable block. C18, probably 1770 (bell said to be inscribed
'1770 Thomas Blackmore Briggins', in Gibbs (1915) 26) for the
Blackmore family who enlarged the house, probably at the same
time. Grey brick with stone impost band and hipped slate roof
with fishscale slates on E side. 2 storeys, 6 windows, former
stable block facing W, now part of hotel. Wooden cornice with
paired brackets. Rectangular block with 2-window central
projection on W with triangular pediment and clockface in
tympanum. White wooden square cupola over, topped by low dome
and windvane with a fox. Round-headed openings in each face,
dentilled cornice and Tuscan columns recessed at each corner.
Bell said to be cracked. Recessed sash windows with glazing
bars. Gauged brick round arches to Ground floor on W, N and S
with stone impost band continued across recesses on N and S ends
with Diocletian windows in heads. Front arches now blocked and
large sash windows inserted. Entrance now by centre arch of 5 in
each end. Rear wall has 7 windows on each floor under gauged
brick flat arches. Recessed sash windows with 8/8 panes to
Ground floor, lower casement windows above. The 2 oak newel
posts noted as reused in the stables (Gibbs (1915) 23) are good
examples of Jacobean carving and have been retained. An C18
stable block of special architectural interest and part of a
group at Briggens.

Listing NGR: TL4141211242

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26470812

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Recommended Books

• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair