Description

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SK 0643-0743
12/101

FARLEY C.P.
ALTON PARK
Stables at Alton Towers

3/1/67

GV
II
Former stables. Early C19 with later alterations. Ashlar facade with edged herringbone tooling, to painted brick buildings with plain tile roofs. Four ranges surround a rectangular courtyard with an entrance in the centre of each range; Gothic revival facade to the south west. Two storeys with three storey towers and turrets, crenellated parapet, pseudo-machicolations to the towers and central block; eleven bays with a square tower to each corner and two square turrets flanking the central four-centred carriage arch; pointed windows, mainly lancets, those to first floor of towers are larger and contain Y-tracery, square-headed loops to second floor of towers.

This item forms part of the important garden layout at Alton Towers (q.v.) which is included at Grade I on the HBMC Gardens Register.

Listing NGR: SK0745743563

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655554

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)