Stable Block At Withington Hall

The stable block at Withington Hall, dated 1797 on the keystone, is a two-storey structure built of red English garden wall bond brick with stone dressings, featuring a slate roof and a lead and timber bell-cote. The building has an open courtyard plan.

The courtyard front includes a stone plinth and a central range with seven bays, flanked by projecting wings that are one bay wide and three bays deep. The three central coach-house bays slightly project and are marked by rusticated stone piers at the corners and between three sets of double doors, which are topped with semi-circular brick arches, each featuring a keystone that bears the inscribed date.

A stone band runs at eaves level, above which is a pediment with a circular clock face at the center. An octagonal bell cote sits above, topped with a lead cupola and a ball finial. On either side of the central range, there are two bays with semi-circular-headed recessed arches at ground floor level, separated by a stone band. All windows have stone sills, with upper sash windows featuring four panes by two panes.

The courtyard fronts of the wings each have two lateral ground floor doors and a central window with three panes by four panes, all set within semi-circular headed slightly recessed panels. The first floor features windows with four panes by two panes, with the two lateral windows on the left side being blind, while the central bay on the right contains a loft door.