Stable Block With Attached Outbuildings, Walls And Gateway At Navigation House

The stable block at Navigation House was built in 1856 for the Weaver Navigation Trust. It is constructed from Cheshire common bricks and features a slate roof with a single stack on the rear wall. The building has a dentilled eaves cornice and is 1½ storeys high, comprising a cart store and stable with a hayloft above, arranged in two bays.

The stable block has a large off-centre vehicle entrance with a cambered arch, leading to a cobbled area and a large doorway with plank doors to the cart store, as well as a smaller doorway with a plank door to the stable. Above these entrances is a circular pitching hole. To the left of the entrance, there is a rectangular stone plaque with chamfered corners inscribed with the date 1856. Also to the left, on the ground storey, is an original glazing bar casement with a cambered arch, and above it is an original glazing bar sliding sash window with a flat head that interrupts the cornice.

The eastern gable features an open coal store with a ramped wall topped with sandstone coping, as well as a wash-house with a plank door and a glazing bar casement. The western gable has a smaller lean-to. Brick walls attached to the stable block extend eastward to connect with Navigation House and to the west to form a gateway to the yard, which includes double wooden plank gates and an attached plank doorway. This stable block has undergone minor alterations and forms a complete group with Navigation House, contributing to its group value with the former Weaver Navigation Office and Clock Tower.