Stables at Alton Towers

The former stables at Alton Towers date from the early 19th century and have undergone later alterations. They feature an ashlar facade with edged herringbone tooling, set against painted brick buildings topped with plain tile roofs. The stables are arranged in four ranges surrounding a rectangular courtyard, with an entrance in the center of each range. The southwest facade is designed in the Gothic revival style. The building is two storeys high, with three-storey towers and turrets, a crenellated parapet, and pseudo-machicolations on the towers and central block. It has eleven bays, with a square tower at each corner and two square turrets flanking the central four-centred carriage arch. The pointed windows are mainly lancets, with larger first-floor windows in the towers featuring Y-tracery, and square-headed loops on the second floor of the towers. This structure is part of the significant garden layout at Alton Towers, which is included at Grade I on the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Gardens Register.