Stable Court At Whatton Manor

Stable court at Whatton Manor, built in 1839, is possibly designed by A. Salvin for Thomas Dickinson. It is in the Jacobean revival style and constructed from yellow brick with gabled slate roofs and ashlar dressings. The building has shouldered coped gables and a single large ridge stack. It is arranged in a square plan around a courtyard, with an adjoining double-gabled wing, and consists of single and two-storey sections that are 7 bays wide and 5 bays deep, forming a C-plan layout.

The windows are metal casements. On the south-west side, there is a square gatehouse with three stages and octagonal corner towers topped with ogee domes. This gatehouse features a chamfered plinth string course and a crenellated parapet, along with a pair of barred wooden gates adorned with fleur-de-lys heads. Above the gates, there is a panel containing a clock, and a stepped hoodmould frames a panel with arms. The opposite side has a square panel inscribed with "1839".

The south-west side has five bays, with gabled bays at each end, each containing a casement. The intermediate recessed bays also have casements. The north-east front has seven bays, featuring a central four-centred arched opening with a shouldered gable and the remains of a bell turret. To the right, there are two casements and a pair of garage doors. The rear range has an off-centre chamfered doorway on the south-east side, above which are four shouldered coped gabled cross eaves dormers. To the right, there is a boundary wall to the yard, which includes three doors with pointed and segmental heads.

Within the courtyard, the south-west side has two pointed doorways leading to the rear wing. To their right, beyond the boundary wall, there is a casement flanked by single doors with overlights, followed by a lean-to garage with a plastic roof. The gatehouse features a four-centred arched opening, with a door and overlight to the right. The north-west side has a projecting gabled central bay with a four-centred arched opening, flanked by two casements on the left and a pair of garage doors on the right, with a central casement above. The north-east side features a central chamfered archway flanked by single garage doors.