Survey Data
Reg No
32400809
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Lissadill House
Original Use
Stables
Date
1840 - 1850
Coordinates
162177, 344490
Date Recorded
03/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached stone stable yard, built in 1840's, now derelict and in an increasingly ruinous state. Two-storey stable buildings, and associated accommodation, in four ranges around central courtyard, lean-to buildings to exterior of north range. Hipped slate roofs, clay ridge and hip tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered chimneystacks with stepped capping to south range, half-round cast-iron gutters at eaves, cast-iron downpipes. Squared-and-coursed rubble limestone walling, tooled ashlar limestone quoins and plinth, external stone staircase with wrought-iron balustrade to lean-to. Square-headed window openings, tooled ashlar jambs and lintels, limestone sills, painted multiple-pane timber sash windows mainly missing or boarded-up. Segmental-headed carriage arches to south and west elevations, tooled ashlar limestone block-and-start jambs, ashlar voussoirs, painted vertically-sheeted timber double doors with wicket gate to south, doors missing to west. Square-headed entrance door opening, painted timber panelled door, three stone steps. Situated on drive leading to Lissadell House, set among trees.
Appraisal
This imposing stable yard, while now in a state of dereliction, still retains some of its original character. It once contained the coach house, stables, tack rooms and accomodation for stable boys, coachmen and house footmen as well as a large riding school, now ruined, for exercising horses under cover. High quality materials and craftsmanship are combined to create a satisfying whole entirely in keeping with the perceived status of the Gore-Booth family and its desire to impress through the magnificence not only of the main house but the entire demesne.