Coach House At Rufford Abbey And Adjoining Boundary Wall

The coach house at Rufford Abbey, now used as craft workshops and a residence, dates from the late 19th century and 20th century, likely designed by John Birch. It features irregularly coursed ashlar and brick construction with a hipped and gabled plain tile roof added around 1971. The building has deep eaves supported by concrete brackets and consists of two storeys, with a square plan that is six bays wide. The windows are stone mullioned and include cross casements.

On the north front, there are six chamfered carriage openings fitted with glazed doors from 1971. The south front includes two gabled rear wings, each with two casements, and above them, two mullioned casements along with a rainwater head, also from 1971. The west front features an off-centre square tower with two stages, a concave hipped roof, a first-floor band, and bracketed eaves. It has a chamfered doorway and a single cross casement above.

Adjoining the coach house to the north is a boundary wall that has shaped ashlar coping and a central elliptical archway with a chamfered ashlar surround. The wall also features a stepped coped gable with ramped brackets, and above each side of the archway, there are chamfered panels with blank shields. To the north, there is a chamfered ashlar doorway.