Ruin of Stable in Repton Park

PLAN: the stable has a rectangular plan with side wings which are possibly the remains of coach houses.

MATERIALS: coursed squared sandstone with sandstone dressings, and red brick. The outer walls bear traces of brown cement render which was probably applied in the early C19.

EXTERIOR: the stable is built into the hillside and its roof is overgrown. The west elevation of the single-storey building has three bays with a central moulded and keyed round-arched doorway with squared surround, panelled spandrels, and moulded horizontal hoodmould. This is flanked by substantial buttresses with the remains of off-sets. The outer bays have two single-light windows, closely spaced, with recessed and cavetto moulded surrounds, and a horizontal hoodmould. The thick walls and buttresses anticipate the danger of a forward thrust of earth from the hillside. The slope in front of the building has been modified to create a platform for the drive.

INTERIOR: this is a single space with a depressed, stone, barrel-vault roof. The end walls are lined in brick and the rear wall has the remains of a brick lining with a narrow banding.