Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16/07/2014

NZ 40 SW
8/18

EAST ROUNTON,
ROUNTON GRANGE,
Stable Cottage, Engine House, Corner Cottage and Coachmans Cottage

(Formerly listed as The Coach House)

II*

Coach house with flat, stabling and washing yard. 1875 by Philip Webb for Sir I Lowthian Bell. Light red brick with ashlar dressings, weatherboarding, plaster; pantiled roof with brick chimneys. Square plan around covered yard. Main south front 2 storeys, 5 wide bays. Wide, splayed central carriage arch whose round head rests on curved stone imposts. Flanking brick bays; the whole ground floor centre recessed under a coved jetty resting on rounded stone band. First floor weatherboarded above; side bays brick. Casements in inner, sashes with glazing bars in outer bays; and a segment-headed door in right bay. Hipped roof has 2 ridge stacks with dentil cornices. Single-storey ranges behind. Interior: king-post and queen-post roof trusses, some of very wide span. A highly innovative and imaginative design. Roof in poor condition at time of survey.

Listing NGR: NZ4267302990

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17535275

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey