Former Stable Block At Home Farm And Attached Archway

The former stable block at Home Farm, along with an attached archway, is a building likely constructed around 1715 by Joseph Bower, the estate mason, for Thomas Wentworth, the 1st Earl of Strafford. The archway was added in 1788. The stable block is made of coursed rubble sandstone and is currently undergoing reconstruction and conversion into residences. It has two storeys and consists of 11 bays, featuring rusticated ashlar quoins. The second, sixth, and tenth bays have corniced doorways, with the doorway in bay six displaying consoles and a Diocletian window above. The ground floor windows have square-faced surrounds, while the first-floor windows have projecting sills. The left end of the building has flush quoins and the attached archway aligns with the facade, featuring projecting piers and an impost band above a round arch, with square openings in the spandrels. The wing walls have round-arched recesses, and there is a fixed stone bench on the right. At the rear, there are three offset buttresses, and the walling has been rebuilt. A gabled porch with a reset arch above showcases 12th-century-style beakhead ornament. The interior has been gutted. This stable block is a significant element of the Home Farm group.