Stable yard
Introduction
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Stable yard
Image: © Bob Harvey Taken: 9 Jul 2022
These gates give entrance to a stable yard in South Street, Barrow-upon-Soar, which is a Locally Listed Building of Leicestershire County Council - see https://www.charnwood.gov.uk/listed_buildings/gates_and_stables_the_hunting_lodge_south_street_barrow_upon_soar. The description reads "Stable Block Late C19/early C20. Local red brick on Mountsorrel granite plinth. Swithland slate pitched roofs with stone copings to gables and eaves. Attached brick gate piers with stone string course at 2/3 height surmounted by stone acorn style finial. Timber gates with inverted arched head recently replaced by crude metal gates.". By the time of my visit new timber gates had been fitted, as shown
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Image Location
Latitude
52.74972
Longitude
-1.148539