Carriage House Immediately To South Of Kitchen Courtyard

The carriage house, located immediately to the south of the kitchen courtyard at Dunham Massey, was built in 1721, as indicated by the clock turret. Originally serving as stabling and storage, it now functions as a ticket office, toilets, storage, and a National Trust interpretation centre. The building features Flemish bond brickwork with stone dressings and a graduated stone slate roof. It has a symmetrical U-shaped plan with a 7-bay range and 4-bay wings, all standing two storeys high.

On the ground floor, there are carriage bays and stabling, while the upper floor may have contained storage or domestic accommodation. The structure has a stone plinth and three carriage bays with segmental stone arches, keystones, and impost blocks. A central two-storey carriageway is flanked by giant pilasters, an entablature, and a pediment on the inner side, with a semi-circular archway on the outside, featuring impost blocks and stone voussoirs.

Each wing has three cross windows with stone mullions, transoms, and surrounds on the ground floor, along with a later stone carriage bay on the right wing and a door on the left wing. The first-floor windows are segmental headed sashes with moulded architraves, and there is one small eaves pediment on each wing, as well as an oeil-de-boeuf at the end of each wing. The roof has hips on the wings and coped gables with kneelers on the main range, topped by a large timber clock turret, a lead-covered bell cupola, and a weather-vane.

The outer (west) elevation includes three cross windows, two rows of vents on the upper floor, and two chimney stacks with diagonally set shafts. A bread oven projects from the north elevation. Inside, one stall remains in the south wing, while the first floor has been removed in the north wing, revealing pegged king-post roof trusses.