Description

SD 57 SW BORWICK BORWICK LANE 4/44 Borwick Hall Stables 4. 10. 1967 G.V. I

Stables, said to have been used for pack horses and as sleeping accommodation, the ground floor now used as workshops. Probably mid C17th. Rubble with stone slate and slate roof. 2 storeys.North-west wall faces road and is of 6 bays. The ground-floor windows are of one light and plain chamfered. The 1st floor windows are of 2 lights, chamfered with mullions. Bay 5 now has a wide door opening with plain reveals and timber lintel. Between bays 3 & 4 there is a re-set stone on the 1st floor'AD 1590 RB AB'. This is probably a keystone from a joggled fireplace arch. The south-east wall has chamfered door surrounds with triangular heads in every bay except No.3. That to bay one is now partly blocked. Bay 3 has a modern doorway with plain reveals. A similar doorway has also been inserted to the right of the original one in bay one. There are 10 one-light chamfered windows on the ground floor. On the 1st floor bays 1-3 have 2-light chamfered mullioned windows with hood moulds. Bays 4-6 have similar windows of 3 lights. The left-hand return wall has a 2-light chamfered mullioned window with hood on the ground floor and a chamfered door surround with triangular head on the 1st floor, now reached by external concrete steps.

Interior. 1st floor undivided with a variety of roof trusses, which appear to be original. Some have collars only and some have tie beams and queen struts, some of the latter having once been closed above the tie.

Listing NGR: SD5250773008

External Links

• Wikidata Q96233768

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