Stank Cottages And Linking Outbuildings

Stank Cottages and the linking outbuilding are a row of three estate workers' cottages built in the mid to late 18th century by John Carr for Edwin Lascelles, the 1st Lord Harewood. They are constructed from punch-dressed stone and topped with a stone slate roof. The layout features a T-shaped pavilion for No 8, which has an L-shaped range attached to the rear, along with single-storey outbuildings to the north that connect to Nos 6 and 7, positioned at right angles.

The pavilion for No 8 has two bays, with the left wing featuring flat-arched windows that have voussoirs and projecting sills on each floor. The taller, pediment-gabled pavilion projects forward and includes quoins, an ashlar band at the ground floor, and a single flat-arched window set in an arched recess with an impost band. The gable is coped and features a rear gable stack. The right-hand return has a central doorway with tie-stone chamfered jambs, a sill band that continues from the impost band, and a square window. All windows have been altered to casements.

The attached outbuilding at the rear has nine doorways with tie-stone jambs, with the lintels aligned to the slope of the ground. Bays 1, 2, 3, 5, and 9 have been altered to windows. Nos 6 and 7, positioned at right angles, consist of six bays with quoins. The outer bays feature doorways with tie-stone jambs, while the other bays have square windows with plain stone surrounds. The windows on the first floor in the second and third bays are linked by long ashlar sill and lintel bands, possibly intended for larger windows for cottage industry. The gables are coped with kneelers, and there are two ridge stacks. This group of buildings forms part of a balanced composition with No 4 and Nos 1, 2, and 3.