Stable Courtyard At Shotwick House

The stable courtyard, dating from circa 1875, was designed by John Douglas for Thornycroft Vernon. It is constructed of orange and yellow brick in an English garden wall bond, with a red tile roof. The courtyard is arranged around three sides, accessed from the east through stone piers flanked by machicolated walls. The south range features a square clock tower with angle buttresses and a steep, pyramidal roof topped with a lead finial. The remainder of this range has stone mullioned windows and strip pilasters, with raised diapering and cogged bands incorporated into the brickwork. The west range contains a line of three coach houses separated by iron columns, facing into the courtyard. Each coach house has panelled doors with glazed upper lights. The north range is a stable block with a south front featuring a three-gabled design. A central basket-arched entrance provides access, with stone mullioned and transomed windows below, and pitch holes and ventilation patterns above the stables. Diapering is present in the gables.