Stable Block And Attached Cottage And Pump At Stoke Hall

Stable block and attached cottage and pump at Stoke Hall

This is a stable block and attached cottage with pump, part now converted to domestic use. Dating from the early 19th century, it was probably designed by Lewis Wyatt. The building forms an inner courtyard of painted red brick with hipped slate roofs. Remains of six red brick chimney stacks serve the two-storey ranges. The structure features moulded eaves bands and is set on a plinth, comprising two and single-storey sections arranged on a hexagonal plan. A first floor band is present, though damaged at the north side.

The west side is two storeys with three bays, topped with a pediment. At ground level is a central large arched carriageway with keyblock and continuous impost bands, flanked by an outer arched double plank door. Either side are single arched doorways, each with a plank door and fanlight above, with two casements beneath segmental arches.

Projecting at an obtuse angle from the left is a single-storey five-bay wing with a central doorway and plank door, flanked either side by two casements, all openings under segmental arches. Extending further at an obtuse angle is a single-storey seven-bay range with a single casement, a doorway with plank door, two casements, a similar doorway and door, a single casement, and on the far left a smaller doorway with plank door. All openings sit under segmental arches.

Projecting from the right of the west wing at an obtuse angle is a two-storey three-bay range with a carriage archway containing an arched double plank door. To the right is a similar archway now part blocked containing a single glazing bar sash, and further right a blocked domestic doorway with segmental arch contains a single glazing bar Yorkshire sash. Above are three casements under segmental arches.

Projecting at an obtuse angle from the right is a further two-storey seven-bay range with two similar carriage archways and doors, a single casement, a doorway with plank door, a single casement, a similar doorway with plank door, and a single casement. Above are five casements, all under segmental arches.

Projecting at a right angle from this wing and forming the hexagon with the single-storey wings is a two-storey five-bay range. This features a central wooden clock tower with remains of a single clock face to each side, supported on a rectangular platform with pediments to the west and east sides, surmounted by an arched wood and lead cupola containing a bell and topped with a weathervane. To the left is a tall rectangular wooden louvred ventilator with a lead roof.

The central carriage archway has an arched double plank door. To the right are two wider archways with arched double plank doors. To the left is a carriage archway, now part blocked with glass and wood and containing a glazed double door. Further left is a large 20th-century fixed light under a segmental arch, traversing both floors. Above is a single central tripartite opening with wooden planks below and fixed lights, with a single 20th-century central casement over a single wooden transom. To the right are two casements. All casements are pivotal with glazing bars. Adjacent to the left side of this wing is a wood, iron and lead pump with a shaped ashlar trough.

The west wall of the west range is also topped with a pediment.

Attached to the north front is a two-storey three-bay cottage with a left red brick gable stack and dentil eaves. It features three glazing bar Yorkshire sashes with three glazing bar sashes above, all under segmental arches. To the right, slightly set back, is a one-and-a-half-storey three-bay wing with dentil eaves. A single glazing bar Yorkshire sash sits to the left, with a doorway containing a plank door to the right, and further right a doorway with a plank door and overlight flanked by single glazed slit ventilators. The sashes and doorways are under segmental arches. Above right is a single glazing bar Yorkshire sash lacking most of its glazing.