Stables And Granary

The Stables and Granary at Weston Park, likely built in the 18th century but appearing more like a late 19th-century structure, is a significant red brick building featuring a sandstone ashlar plinth and dressings, topped with graded Westmorland slate roofs. The building is arranged in a 'U' shape with a yard at the rear and includes two threshing floors in the main range. It has a large scale and a Palladian design.

The north front features corner pavilions and a three-storey main range, with a layout of one-and-a-half bays for the threshing bay, four bays for the main section, and another one-and-a-half bays. The corner pavilions are topped with tall attics that reach ridge height, decorated with blind lunettes and oculi on the outer faces above a bold moulded cornice. They also include corbelled ledges for dove landings and entry holes at the eaves, all capped with pyramidal hipped roofs and weathervanes.

The central main range has two lower, symmetrically placed open pedimented breaks that provide arched entries to the threshing floors. An ashlar band runs at the first-floor cill level, returning as imposts to the entries. The windows are two-light with reduced proportions on each floor, and the second floor features a 1:2:1 arrangement. A dentilled eaves course sits below a moulded stone cornice that extends from the pavilions' cornice. Additionally, there are three louvred hipped dormers in the attic for the granary.

The return wings match the height of the main structure and are approximately four bays deep. These impressive buildings are well-proportioned and prominent, suggesting they may have been designed for threshing machines, with part of the upper floors potentially used as maltings, and dovecotes located in the upper parts of the pavilions.