Stable Block, Adjacent Pump And Attached Hen House At Syerston Hall

This is a stable block, a decorative water pump, and an attached hen house, located adjacent to Syerston Hall. The buildings date from approximately 1800, constructed of red brick with hipped slate roofs and dentil eaves. The stable block is set on a plinth and comprises a single storey with a central two-bay section projecting and gabled, featuring an ashlar pediment containing a clock face. The main facade has ten bays; the central two bays have segmental arched coach doorways, flanked by recessed porches. The right-hand porch has three panelled doors, whilst the left-hand porch has a panelled door and a sash window above. The projecting bays each display two tall, round-arched blind recessed panels; the right side features a sash window and a blind opening, both under segmental arches. The left side has a doorway with a panelled door and a sash window. The side walls incorporate similar doorways and sashes, all under arched recesses. The east side of the stable block exhibits blind arches containing sashes and recessed panels, all under segmental arches. At the rear, a late 19th-century decorative cast iron water pump is positioned four metres in front of the stable block. Attached to the left of the stable block is an early 19th-century red brick hen house with a hipped slate roof and wide eaves. It is one and a half storeys high and features a central arched recessed porch with an internal wooden imperial staircase, plus doorways and louvred openings with overlights on both floors, all under segmental arches. A projecting wing extends from the left side, with doorways in the side wall. The side wall of the stable block has a small louvred window, and a round-arched recessed porch with doorways. The first floor of the stable block’s interior retains some 17th-century decorative wooden panelling.