Stables To Ferriby House

The stables to Ferriby House, built in 1788 as indicated by a weather-vane, now serve as a telephone exchange. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features a graduated stone slate roof. It has two storeys and consists of 11 bays, with the centre bay slightly projecting under a low pediment. There is a shallow plinth at the base.

The central feature is a pair of raised and fielded panelled double-leaf carriage doors, which are topped by a panelled overdoor and an impost band beneath an elliptical gauged brick arch that has a stepped keyblock. Bays 3 and 11 have doors with six raised and fielded panels, each accompanied by round-headed overlights containing four panes beneath radial glazing. The building has eight sash windows with glazing bars and radial glazing, all set under round gauged brick arches with impost bands and raised keyblocks. A first-floor band runs across the façade.

In the centre bay, there is a fixed window with four panes and radial glazing, situated under an elliptical gauged brick arch with impost blocks and a raised keyblock. Flanking this window are five elliptical windows with radial glazing, three of which are in gauged brick surrounds and four featuring raised keyblocks. The eaves are moulded, and there are raked cornices along the roofline, topped by a keyed oculus with radial glazing in the pediment.

Inside, the space is largely occupied by 20th-century switching gear. However, the two right bays contain an axial arcade of three bays with moulded round arches supported by slender Tuscan columns.