Stables And Carriage House Approximately 20 Metres To South-East Of Burton Constable Hall

Stables and carriage house, now outbuildings and shop, approximately 20 metres to the south-east of Burton Constable Hall.

Built between 1760 and 1770 by Thomas Lightoller for William Constable, with later additions and alterations. The buildings are constructed of reddish-brown brick in stretcher bond with red brick and ashlar dressings, beneath a roof of graduated Welsh slate and pantile.

The complex is arranged around two inner courtyards with a block to the rear, designed in the Neoclassical style. The main east facade is two storeys with a six-bay centre flanked by three-storey single-bay towers. The central two bays and end bays break forward slightly. A plinth runs across the base. The centre and end bays feature two-storey round-arched recesses with red gauged brick heads and ashlar impost bands. The central entrance is a part-glazed six-panel door under a flat arch of red gauged brick, above which sits a moulded ashlar band supporting a stone horse's head. To either side of the entrance are round-arched recesses with ashlar sills and red brick heads containing ornamental urns. The ground floor outer bays have 12-pane sashes with ashlar sills under flat arches of red rubbed brick; other bays have similar dummy sashes. The first floor features 8-pane casements in bays two and three, with similar dummy openings in bays four to seven, all with ashlar sills and flat arches of red rubbed brick. A moulded cornice continues as a string course to the outer bays, with a pediment to the centre. The outer bays have 8-pane casements to the second floor under flat arches of red gauged brick and peaked roofs.

The south facade is composed of three separate blocks. The first block is similar to the east facade but has a central two-storey carriage arch flanked by unequally hung nine-pane sashes with radial glazing to the head and a lunette window to the pediment. The second block, two storeys and nine bays, features a central pedimented break-forward containing a round-arched carriage entrance, with an arcade of four round-arched recesses to either side, all with rubbed red brick arches and ashlar imposts. The outer bays have 12-pane sashes to the ground floor with ashlar sills under flat arches of red rubbed brick, and oculi to the first floor except at the centre. A moulded cornice runs across, beneath a pantile roof hipped to the right. The third block is single storey with seven bays and includes a plinth, an arcade of round-arched recesses, and at its centre are inserted double doors. The outer bays have board doors with divided overlights under flat arches of red gauged brick, with 12-pane sashes having ashlar sills and flat arches of red gauged brick elsewhere. This section also has a pantile roof hipped to the right. A further block set back has no special architectural interest.

The facades on the north side are similar to those described. The first inner courtyard features an arcade of double carriage doors under round arches, with six-panel doors and 12-pane sashes to the ground floor, and eight-pane casements to the first floor. A tall carriage arch leads through to the second courtyard, which has plank carriage and stable doors, 12- and 16-pane sashes to the ground floor, and 12-pane sashes and Yorkshire sashes to the first floor, with multi-paned windows elsewhere.