Meynell Hunt Stables

Meynell Hunt Stables is a stable block and attached cottage built between 1874 and 1877 by George Devey. The structure is made of red brick featuring orange brick diaper work, topped with plain tile roofs that have a blue tile diaper pattern. It has brick coped Flemish gables with plain kneelers and two brick ridge stacks, each with three diamond plan shafts, as well as one external lateral stack. The building showcases a brick dentil eaves cornice and consists of one and two storeys arranged around an irregular courtyard.

The elevations are asymmetrical, with square section flush stone mullion windows that have brick relieving arches. The four-bay south elevation features a long single-storey central section with a Tudor-arched double doorway that has a double chamfered surround and a shaped parapet wall above. To the right, there are four buttresses, two dormers with Flemish gables, and 4-light windows with circular keyed-in windows above. A projecting two-storey bay to the right has a Flemish gable, a 5-light window, and a 3-light window above it. To the left, there is a two-storey tower with a first-floor band, a pyramid roof, and a square clock turret topped with an ogee roof and weather vane. The ground floor of the tower has two 2-light windows and a 3-light window on the first floor.

The north elevation of the stable block includes 4-light windows on the ground floor and two Flemish gabled bays with upper 3-light windows. There is also a further gabled bay to the right over a carriage archway. The elevations within the courtyard feature 2, 3, and 4-light windows and doorways with chamfered surrounds, some of which are set under flat-topped gables with curved sides. The original stable partitions remain intact in the north, west, and east ranges. The construction of the stables cost £5,095, and original drawings can be found in the RIBA Drawings Collection.