The Bedehouses And Adjoining Outbuildings

These are eight almshouses, built in 1732. They were later enlarged and remodelled in the Picturesque style in 1820. The building is constructed of brick with stone dressings, featuring pantile and thatched roofs, and has four grouped ridge stacks with projecting ashlar quoins. It is a single storey building with attics, comprising 16 bays.

The west front has a central pair of doors flanked by pairs of casement windows, followed by more doors and casement windows, all terminating in single doors. The doors have Tudor arched heads and the windows are iron casements with three panes, all set within projecting rusticated surrounds with keystone lintels. Six gabled dormers are positioned above. The north and south ends each have a door—the south door has been broken out—and a dormer window above. The rear elevation mirrors the front in terms of fenestration, featuring small segmental-headed casement windows and plank doors.

Adjacent is a quadrangle of partly ruinous outbuildings, measuring 6 bays wide by 3 bays deep. These were originally built for the Earl of Harborough and later remodelled to house estate workers from Stapleford Park. Features include stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.