Stable Block At Site Of Panton Hall

Stable block at the site of Panton Hall

This is a substantial stable block dating from 1777, probably designed by William Legg, with 20th-century alterations. It is built in red brick with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs with hipped end bays on the west front and two hip stacks.

The building forms three sides of a courtyard with smaller inner projections to the east and west. The north front is two storeys tall and comprises 13 bays. The central three bays and end bays project slightly. A central doorway with flanking brick pilasters is topped by a large fanlight with spokes, a band of dentillations, and a balustrade above. The doorway features double plank doors and is flanked by single round-headed niches. Five round-headed glazing bar sashes, in various stages of disrepair and blocking, sit on each side. An ashlar first floor band runs at shoulder level of the ground floor windows, rising to a segmental pediment with a raised keystone above the doorway. Above this sits a statue with an ashlar plaque with guttae. The ashlar-dressed pediment above features a cartouche. The statue is flanked by six small glazing bar sashes with wedge lintels on each side.

The west front is two storeys and 11 bays, with the three central bays and single outer bays projecting slightly. The central projecting bays are crowned by an ashlar-dressed pediment with an ashlar-dressed oculus. An ashlar band runs at shoulder level of the ground floor windows. A central blind round-headed opening is flanked by single round-headed glazing bar sashes, all with outer brick moulded surrounds. A large ashlar-dressed archway with a raised keystone to the left is flanked by single round-headed glazing bar sashes. A round-headed glazing bar sash to the left has an outer brick moulded surround. A large blocked ashlar-dressed archway to the right of the central bays has a raised keystone and is blocked by 20th-century brick with upper fixed casements. This archway is flanked by single round-headed glazing bar sashes, with a single round-headed glazing bar sash to the right with an outer brick moulded surround. A central blind panel above is flanked by single windows: that to the left without a frame and a glazing bar sash to the right; three glazing bar sashes to the left and three to the right. Single round-headed glazing bar sashes sit in the end bays to left and right. The south end of the west block features a blind round-headed opening with a moulded brick surround and ashlar string course, with a single glazing bar sash above flanked by single blind panels.

The interior courtyard has an ashlar string course running round at shoulder level of the ground floor openings. A 20th-century open lean-to supported on brick piers covers the ground floor on the east and south sides, though it has been removed from the west side.

The east side is two storeys and comprises ten bays plus a projecting bay to the left. A doorway to the left has a segmental head; four round-headed glazing bar sashes sit to the right. Four glazing bar sashes above are flanked by single Diocletian windows with glazing bars, each with a narrow glazing bar sash beyond.

The south side is two storeys and nine bays, with a central bay projecting and crowned by an ashlar-dressed pediment and ashlar-dressed oculus. A round-headed archway with a damaged head and parapet above features small rectangular openings. Four round-headed glazing bar sashes sit to the right, while a blocked round-headed doorway to the left is flanked by single round-headed glazing bar sashes. A 20th-century lean-to without a roof occupies the north-east corner.

The west front of the inner courtyard is two storeys and seven bays, with an eighth bay projecting to the right. A central round-headed blind opening is flanked by two round-headed glazing bar sashes on each side. The projecting bay to the left features a large rectangular opening with a wooden lintel. Return walls of the projection have a single blind round-headed opening to the south and a blocked round-headed glazing bar sash to the left. A central blind Diocletian panel above is flanked by three glazing bar sashes on each side.