Stable Court North Of Eaton Chapel

Stable Court, built around 1873 by Alfred Waterhouse for the 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of Westminster, is constructed of stone-dressed red brick and oak half-timbering, with roofs of shaped red tiles. The complex is situated north of Eaton Chapel, relating to the surrounding buildings of the Grotto and Postillion’s House.

The South Range features an arched, buttressed entrance to the chapel narthex, accessed via five stone steps through a porch and lobby with arched glazed screens containing oak double doors with linenfold panels. An ornate 'W' is visible at the top of the gable above the arch, with a pentice roof supported by brackets. A stair turret with a spire is located at the corner of the range.

The West Range, of two storeys, has a lower level of stone-dressed brick and an upper level of oak framing. A central arched carriage entrance is vaulted in two bays with stone ribs and panels, banded in brick and stone. Four ornate stone chimneys and two tiled fleches are positioned over ventilators. The symmetrical elevation facing the courtyard incorporates mullioned windows within shaped openings, a gabled upper storey with arch bracing, varied plaster panels, carved oak bargeboards, and finials. The elevation facing the drive is also symmetrical, with six paired gables featuring ornate plaster panels, carved oak bargeboards and finials, mullioned and transomed windows with patterned leaded glazing. The interior lacks particularly notable features.

The North Range is of stone-dressed red brick, symmetrical in design. Its arched central gateway is flanked by three-bay, pointed-arched galleries across two tiers. The upper tier is linked behind the stair turrets to an arched viewing chamber above the gateway. The glass roof of the coach-house court interrupts the north front. Former tack rooms now serve as a dining room, featuring a boarded ceiling carried on heavy moulded pine beams, and a library with a similar ceiling supported by stone corbels, panelled walls, and nine-panel hardwood doors.

The East Range, a mix of stone and red brick, is one-and-a-half storeys high. It includes three porches to the yard, with oak-framed gables, moulded tie beams, and bargeboards. Mullioned windows have Caernarvon arch heads over their lights. Four tall gables in the roof feature cross casements. Two ornately louvred ventilation fleches are clad in ornate copperwork, and iron-studded, twelve-panelled oak doors lead to the former stables, on ornate wrought iron hinges. The outer elevation, facing the East Garden, is relatively plain. The Long Room, converted from the former stables and now a drawing room, boasts a finely wrought timber roof with shaped kingposts and tie beams, as well as arched braces. Three stone and marble chimney-pieces, originally from the Saloon of Eaton Hall, have been incorporated into the Long Room. These were removed before the Saloon's demolition and feature alabaster panels designed by Milner Allen, depicting the Court of Love.