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Description: Coach House and Stable attached to Thorpe House

Address: Coach House & Thorpe House Stables Rochdale Road Triangle Sowerby Bridge West Yorkshire HX6 3DJ

Grade: II

Group detail: Rochdale Road (east side, off)

Full description:
Coach house and stables to Thorpe House, now outbuildings. Early C19. Coursed squared stone, brick gables in mainly stretcher bond; stone slate roofs. Courtyard plan open on north side, west range linked to Thorpe House (qv) by c1970 block (not of interest). 2 storeys. East range, courtyard front: 3 bays. Plinth. Central segment-arched cart-entry with rusticated quoins, imposts and tripartite keystone. To either side an arched blind recess with lunette in top. Impost band. First floor band. Door over cart entry flanked by rectangular openings, all with plain stone surrounds. Gutter brackets on table. Coping. South range, courtyard front: 1 bay. Central elliptical arched cart-entry as east range with window over. West range, courtyard front: 2 cart-entries as east range flank arched doorway with board door, fanlight and keystone. Plain doorways to left and right ends. Impost band. Window over left cart-entry and 2 inserted windows. Gutter on table. North gable of this range: arched window in arched niche with imposts and keystone; raised by 1 storey c1970. South gable of east range: central portion of ground floor projects; stone band; on first floor pilasters flank central niche, arched above eaves band and with lunette. Interior of east range: 6-panel doors off cart-entry into stables with mangers and stall partitons. Queen-strut roof trusses with vertical and diagonal braces. (NOW SUBSTANTIALLY ALTERED)