Stable Block, Garden Wall And Dovecote Adjoining Onslow Hall To The South East

The stable block, garden wall, and dovecote date to approximately 1815-20 and were designed by Edward Haycock of Shrewsbury. They form a U-shaped stable courtyard with an enclosing wall to the north-east and a garden wall, incorporating a dovecote, at the south-west corner. The stable block was originally attached to Onslow Hall to the north-west, though the hall has since been rebuilt and is not included in this listing.

The stable block is constructed of red brick with grey sandstone ashlar dressings, with the front rendered. It has hipped slate roofs and a single storey. The north-west front features a plinth, pilaster strips, and a frieze. A central break contains paired pilaster strips supporting a frieze and a triangular pediment, framing a segmental carriage archway with a pair of large six-panelled doors. The ranges have small square stone stacks or ventilators with moulded cornices. The south-west range has a central gauged brick elliptical archway with stone impost blocks and a triple keystone. The south-east range contains five two-light mullioned stone windows and a pair of doors with six raised and fielded panels. A stone-coped wall encloses the north-east side. Some twentieth-century openings have been inserted or altered in the north-west and south-west ranges.

The garden wall adjoining the stable’s south-west side is of rendered brick with grey sandstone ashlar dressings, articulated by panelled pilasters, a continuous frieze and cornice, and a parapet with panelled dies, moulded stone coping, and globe finials. The two-storey dovecote at the garden wall's southern end has a red brick facade, a hipped slate roof, projecting brick courses at the eaves, a central gabled dormer with barge boards and finials, and a weathervane. It features various two-light wooden windows and segmental-headed boarded doors, including a north-facing door with six raised and fielded panels, the top two being glazed. The interior of the stable block has not been inspected.

Onslow Hall, a large country house built around 1815-20 in a Greek Revival style for John Wingfield, was demolished around 1957 and replaced by a modern building.