Stable Block Approximately 30 Metres To South Of Shavington Gardens

This stable block, now partly an agricultural building, dates to approximately 1685 and was restored and extended in the late 19th century. It is located about 30 metres south of Shavington Gardens, and was formerly listed as 'Stables at Shavington Hall'. The building is constructed of red brick with grey sandstone ashlar dressings, and has a hipped slate roof. It follows a shallow H-plan, with later ranges forming a courtyard at the rear.

The east front features chamfered quoins, a flat string course, and a moulded wooden eaves cornice. It includes C19 brick ridge stacks, one off-centre to the left and right, and another to the left-hand rear wing. A central octagonal wooden cupola, likely altered in the 19th century, is topped with a moulded cornice, fluted Greek Doric columns, a moulded cornice, and a low lead dome with a weathervane (which was almost detached during a survey in July 1986). There are 2:1:1:1:2 bays, with wooden cross windows and stone cills, and gauged-brick heads. Single-light windows are located in the return of the left-hand wing. A quoined break rises above the cornice to an open triangular pediment containing a circular painted wooden clock in the tympanum (the hands were missing during the survey). A central circular panel on the first floor contains a trompe-l'oeil window. A round-arched carriageway features rusticated reveals, impost blocks, and a raised keystone with a moulded top. A pair of probably 19th-century large 4 x 4 panelled wooden doors are fitted with wrought-iron strap hinges, and a large 19th-century wrought-iron lamp bracket is above the entrance. A pair of blocked segmental-arched openings flank the entrance. A ground-floor window in the second bay from the left was cut down in the late 19th century to create a door. Return elevations include three first-floor and two ground-floor windows, with 2- and 3-light mullioned and transomed casements. The interior was not inspected.

Three 19th-century ranges are arranged around the courtyard at the rear, with dentil brick eaves cornices and verges. One elevation has a gauged-brick elliptical-arched entrance in a gabled break, with impost bands and a keystone, leading to a pair of large panelled doors. A similar entrance with a round archway and triangular pediment is located on the south side. Shavington Hall, dated 1685, stood to the southwest of the stable block and was demolished in 1959. It had been altered in 1885-6 by Richard Norman Shaw and again (internally) in 1903 by Ernest Newton. The late 19th-century restoration of the stable block and the additions may be the work of Shaw. The stable block is centrally located within a landscaped park containing several lakes. Shavington Gardens are not included in this listing. The building retains stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.