Stables And Coach House Approximately 10 Metres East Of Spring Lodge With Walls And Outhouse

The stables and coach house located approximately 10 meters east of Spring Lodge in Barnard Castle were built in 1827 for William Watson. Originally serving as stables, they are now used for storage. The structure consists of a single-storey, six-bay stable section and a two-storey, two-bay coach house that is set back to the right. A wall extends from the coach house to create an enclosure in front of an outhouse, which may have been used as a pigsty and earth closet.

The building is constructed from coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings and features a roof made of graduated Lakeland slate, complete with stone ridge and gable coping. The exterior of the stables includes three boarded doors with four-pane overlights, all set under flat stone lintels, alternating with windows. The windows consist of a 16-pane sash and others with three-pane top lights over six-pane fixed lights, all under flat stone lintels with projecting stone sills. The right bay is the widest, and the low-pitched hipped roof has a low chimney on the rear right.

On the left side, there are mounting steps next to double boarded doors that are set under a segmental arch with voussoirs, featuring the inscription WW 1827. The right side has stone steps leading to the coach house, which is set back and has a second flight of side steps leading to a first-floor door. The roof of the coach house has gable copings, and the right side features double boarded doors beneath a wide wooden lintel, with an 8-pane window above that has a flat stone lintel and projecting stone sill.

Inside, the stables retain many original stall and manger fittings. A wall to the right is approximately 1.5 meters high, topped with gabled coping, and it projects forward to form an enclosure in front of a single-storey, two-bay low outhouse, which has rubble walls and ashlar lintels, along with a graduated slate roof. Pecked tapered piers to the south of this building create an entrance to the rear drive. This structure is a fine example of small country house stables.