Description
Dated 1856. U-plan stable court, open to W. Red rubble sandstone
with stugged ashlar dressings. Chamfered arrises to some
openings. Cobbled yard.
E RANGE: 5-bay to courtyard, with wide gabled bay at centre,
entered by deep segmental carriage arch, with clock in square
panel and date stone above; bell-cote at apex, bearing
decorative weathervane. 2 doors in flanking bays, with stable
door to outer right and louvred window to outer left, both
with louvred openings above. Rear elevation blank, but with wide
opening at S end.
N RANGE: shortest range, retaining rusticated quoins at SW from
pre-1856 building, 3-bay to courtyard, with doorway at centre,
and gabled hayloft door breaking eaves above; stone mullioned
bipartites flanking at ground; 2 lower gabled bays at outer left
with door and window.
S RANGE: 3-blocks stepping down to W; wide inserted door to
tallest block, louvred ventilators under eaves. Segmentally
arched carriage arch to centre block, with decorative
weathervane on W gable; slightly recessed end block. Rear
elevation with variety of openings. Boarded doors. Crowstepped
gables, beak skewputts and grey slates.
GROOM'S HOUSE: circa 1856. Single storey and attic, 3-bay,
L-plan cottage, linked to E end of S range; gabled ashlar porch
at centre to W elevation and gabled dormerheads to outer bays;
adjoined to single storey and basement block to N, projecting to
W. Red rubble sandstone with grey ashlar dressings, chamfered
arrises to openings. Parapet retaining wall to W front of
cottage.
4-pane glazing pattern, grey slates and gable end stacks,
crowstepped gables and beak skewputts.