Stable/Coach House Range And North Courtyard Gateway Adjoining North West Side Of Scawby Hall

The stable and coach house range, together with a north courtyard gateway, adjoins the north-west side of Scawby Hall. A section of the building dates to 1686, with the majority of the range constructed in the late 18th century and altered in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The building is built of coursed limestone rubble with brick dressings and stacks, with brick used in the 17th-century section. It has pantile roofs throughout.

The building’s south-facing section originally served as an entrance porch to Scawby Hall and faces towards the main house. It forms the west side of the north courtyard, with the gateway positioned at a right angle to the north end. The east front of the main range has 17 first-floor openings. The left side features six first-floor openings for the stable/granary, followed by a later ten-bay coach house/cart shed to the right, and a single-window section to the left with a recessed two-storey section set back to the left gable end. Quoins are visible on the limestone sections. The coach house section has ten elliptical brick arches with raised ashlar keystones and imposts; four arches contain pairs of board doors with strap hinges, three are open, two are blocked, and one incorporates a six-pane casement with a twelve-pane sliding sash beneath a segmental arch. An open arch is at the right end, providing access to a through-passage. The stable range has three board doors flanked by two-light and three-light sliding sashes, all beneath segmental arches. External flights of steps lead to first-floor entrances. Steps lead up to a board door with a two-light sliding sash to the left, while others lead down to a cellar door. The first floor has single louvred hatches above the carriage arches, along with two unequal nine-pane sashes to the left, and board doors and twelve-pane sliding sashes to the stable/granary. A stepped and cogged brick eaves cornice runs along the top. The north courtyard wall has a wide brick elliptical arch with ashlar imposts, with modern sliding doors and a pantile coping.

The projecting gabled section on the left return to the building has a blocked four-centred arch doorway, with chamfered brick imposts, and a blocked segmental-arched window. A two-course brick first-floor band is present, with stucco quoins on the first floor. A recessed two-light brick cavetto-mullioned window is set within a stucco surround, with later slatted shutters. A corbelled two-course brick band runs above the window, topped with a three-course brick coping to the gable, featuring corbelled kneelers and a small inscribed datestone. The west side of the range, facing the garden, has small six-pane casements to the 17th-century section, two-light and three-light sliding sashes, unequal nine-pane sashes, boarded hatches, and single ground and first-floor six-panel doors. An elliptical arch provides access. A stepped and cogged brick eaves cornice is present. A drawing from 1795 by C Nattes, held at Lincoln City Library, and photographs are held by the National Monuments Record.