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List entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: STABLE COURT NORTH OF EATON CHAPEL

List entry Number: 1330616

Location

STABLE COURT NORTH OF EATON CHAPEL, EATON PARK

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County	District	District Type	Parish
	Cheshire West and Chester	Unitary Authority	Eaton

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II*

Date first listed: 02-Nov-1983

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

Legacy System Information

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System: LBS

UID: 55263

Asset Groupings

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List entry Description

Summary of Building

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History

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Details

SJ 4160 EATON C.P. EATON PARK

9/67 Stable Court north of Eaton Chapel

GV II*

Stable Court circa 1873 by Alfred Waterhouse for the 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of Westminster. Stone-dressed red brick and oak half-timbering with roofs of shaped red tiles. Each side of the Court is described separately: South Range (against Chapel, Grotto and Postillion's House, all q.v.) Arched, buttressed entrance of stone-dressed brick to chapel narthex, centre, reached via 5 stone steps through porch and lobby with arched glazed screens containing glazed double doors of oak with linenfold panels. Ornate foliated 'W' at crown of gable above arch; pentice roof on brackets to each side. Stair turret with spire at corner, right. West Range (Grooms' accommodation above stabling) of 2 storeys; the lower is of stone-dressed brick, the upper oak-framed. Arched central carriage entrance, vaulted in 2 bays with stone ribs and panels banded in brick and stone. 4 ornate stone chimneys and 2 tiled fleches over ventilators. The almost symmetrical elevation to the court has mullioned windows in shaped openings below and a gabled upper storey with arch bracing and varied plaster panels, carved oak bargeboards and finials. To the Drive the elevation is symmetrical with 6 gables, paired, which have ornate plaster panels and heavy carved oak bargeboards and finails; mullioned and transomed windows with patterned leaded glazing. No internal features of special interest. The North Range, of stone-dressed red brick, is symmetrical. The arched central gateway with conical-roofed stair turrets to each side, is flanked by 3-bay pointed-arched galleries in 2 tiers; the upper tier is linked behind the stair turrets to an arched viewing chamber above the gateway. The glass roof of the coach-house court (q.v.) interrupts the north front. Interior: Former tack rooms east of the gateway are now a dining room with boarded ceiling on heavy moulded pine beams and library with similar ceiling carried on stone corbels, panelled walls and 9-panel hardwood doors. The East Range, stone and red brick, 1½ storeys, has 3 porches to yard wtih oak-framed gables, moulded tie beams and bargeboards. Mullioned windows with Caernarvon arch heads to lights; 4 tall gables in roof with cross casements; 2 ornately louvred ventilation fleches clad in ornate copperwork; iron-studded 12-panelled oak doors to former stables on ornate wrought iron hinges. The outer elevation (to the East Garden), of stone-dressed brick, is relatively plain. Interior: The Long Room (the former stables converted to a drawing room) has a finely wrought timber roof with shaped kingposts and tie beams and arched braces. 3 stone and marble chimney-pieces by Alfred Waterhouse, removed from Saloon of Eaton Hall before demolition, with alabaster panels designed by Milner Allen, depicting the Court of Love. ... -. - -

Listing NGR: SJ4139060815

Selected Sources

1. Article  Reference - Title: Part 6 Cheshire - Journal Title: Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England

National Grid Reference: SJ 41390 60811

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