Stychefields Residential Home And The Coach House

This is a stable block and coach house, dating to approximately 1762-6, likely designed by Sir William Chambers. It has undergone alterations in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of red brick with some grey sandstone ashlar dressings, and has hipped plain tile roofs. It is arranged around a rectangular courtyard with two ranges forming an L-shape, and a pavilion (the former coach house) situated in the southern corner, linked to the main block by a courtyard wall.

The south-west front features the pavilion on the left and the end of the L-shaped range to the right. Both have chamfered plinths, raised brick quoins, and a dentil brick eaves cornice. The left-hand block has integral brick stacks, while the right-hand range has two brick stacks on its ridge. Each block is three bays wide and contains 20th-century small-paned metal casement windows, imitating former glazing bar sashes, with stone cills and gauged-brick heads with raised keystones. The left-hand block features round-arched ground-floor windows. Each block has a central window with a moulded stone architrave, pulvinated frieze, and moulded cornice; the left-hand window was in the process of being altered to create a doorway in 1986. A central gateway is located between the blocks, consisting of short walls and gate piers with chamfered stone plinths and moulded stone copings. The return front on the right-hand side is seven bays wide, featuring casements in the style of sashes with stone cills and gauged-brick heads. The right-hand return front is five bays wide.

The north-east (garden) front features raised brick quoins. An off-centre brick ridge stack is located to the left, and an integral brick end stack is to the right. A square wooden cupola is situated to the right, with round-arched openings, moulded architraves, keys, a clock, and louvres facing north-east. It features corner piers supporting a moulded cornice to a tented lead cap with a weathervane. The front is three bays wide, with the right-hand part set back, and contains 20th-century casements in imitation of sashes, with stone cills and gauged brick heads. The second ground-floor window from the left has a moulded architrave, pulvinated frieze, and moulded cornice. A round-arched entrance, with a late 20th-century door and glazing, is located in the second bay from the right with a large stone doorcase comprised of a moulded architrave with impost blocks and keystone, and flanking Tuscan pilasters supporting a full entablature. A matching round-arched entrance is at the rear. A brick courtyard wall with stone coping links the two blocks to the north-west. The interior was not inspected, but photographs show moulded plaster cornices and octagonal oak posts, evidence of the original stables. This was formerly the stable block and coach house for Styche Hall. Despite later alterations, it remains a well-detailed example of a large 18th-century stable block, notable for its unique layout.