The Kennels

The Kennels is a building complex that includes kennels and two cottages, which are now partly used as stables. It was constructed in the mid-19th century for the Earl of Harrington and is possibly designed by his gardener, William Barron. The structure is made of red brick with stone dressings and features graduated slate roofs with decorative bargeboarded eaves, along with stone and brick ridge stacks on the houses. The layout consists of a courtyard surrounded by a brick wall to the south and single-storey ranges on the other sides, with two bay houses located at the northern corners, each having a single storey plus attics.

The eastern house has a half-hipped roof on its eastern facade and features an unusual open pavilion attached to its northern corner. This pavilion has a curved rendered wall at the back and five open horseshoe-shaped arches supported by thin colonnettes at the front, with a central twisted iron column holding up a conical roof. The south elevation of the house includes a central doorcase flanked by single light windows to the east and a recessed section with a door and a two-light window to the west. Each of these openings has rounded brick jambs and stone lintels with rounded corners and heads. Above the eastern section, there is a gabled dormer with a two-light window, while the western side has a 20th-century addition with two two-light windows. All windows feature segment-headed lights. The side wings of the building have three similar doorcases, each flanked by two-light windows. The central range has similar openings, with a central bowed section, and most windows in this range have wooden latticed grids.

The cottage at the western end has similar doorcases and windows but lacks any additions or a pavilion. There are concrete pens in front of some of the northern range, which are not of interest.