Former Coach House And Attached Stableyard Gateway

This is a former coach house, garage, and attached stableyard gateway, dating back to approximately 1850, with later additions in the early 20th century. It was designed by J.B. and W. Atkinson for C.H. Elsey.

The coach house is constructed of orange-grey brick in English garden-wall bond, with cast-iron columns. It has a slate hipped roof with overhanging eaves supported by shaped brackets, and brick stacks with stone cornices. The garage is built of red brick in English garden-wall bond and timber boarding, with a slate and glass roof, incorporating repairs in other materials.

The front facing the yard has two storeys and seven bays. The three central bays on the ground floor are recessed behind a flat timber lintel carried on two cast-iron columns. Behind this colonnade are three doors: a wide original 6-panel stable door to the left, a replacement 6-panel door with overlight in the centre, and a wide 4-panel door to the right. Unequal 12-pane windows are positioned between the doors. Narrow 4-panel doors are located in the returns beneath the colonnade. The left end has been obscured by an added garage, covering an original 4-panel door with 8-pane overlight. The garage has a pitched roof and four-leaf sliding timber doors with glazed lights. The right end has been altered to include a glazed board sliding door with timber lintel. The first floor has one 12-pane sash window in the centre, four 16-pane sash windows in the centre, and a small 1-pane sash window at the right end. All openings, except for the central door, have flat arches of rubbed brick, and the windows have painted stone sills.

The rear elevation, facing Mill Mount Lane, has three slit vents with iron grilles, stone sills, and lintels on the ground floor, alongside 16-pane sash windows. The first floor has a 9-pane light window to the left, a 16-pane sash window in the centre, and two 12-pane sash windows at the right end, all with painted stone sills and flat brick arches.

The interior of the tack room, located to the right of the stairs, retains board panelling, wooden harness pegs, and a plain fireplace. The garage at the right end features a pit sunk into the floor.

The stableyard gateway has gate piers approximately 6 metres high, with moulded stone caps, pilasters with stone imposts and volutes at the head. The board gates are replacements.