Stable Block to Plough and Harrow Hotel

The stable block, dating to 1832-3, was designed by John Fallows for the Calthorpe Estate. Later 19th and 20th century additions and alterations have been made. The building is constructed of red brick in a random bond, with sandstone dressings.

It has a two-storey, ‘E’ shaped plan. The west front, facing Harrow Lane, features a central, projecting gable flanked by wings that terminate in further projecting gables. The central bay has a wide Tudor arch, now blocked, which originally provided a throughway to the stable yard. Above this arch is a three-light mullioned window with a hood mould, and the gable features a lancet window. Decorative elements include a sceptre finial and cusped bargeboards that extend around the building as a fascia board to the eaves. Chimneys terminate in two rebuilt octagonal stacks. An octagonal bellcote sits on the raised ridge above the central bay; it has a boarded base, a wooden superstructure, a domed lead roof, and a central iron weather vane. The bays to either side of the central gable have cambered heads over ground floor cross windows, paired with two-light windows above. The left side features narrower ground floor windows with painted stone surrounds and Tudor heads, while the first floor has lancets. The projecting wings at each end mirror this design, with three-light windows to the ground floor and two lights to the first floor, all in painted Tudor surrounds.

The rear elevation has wooden double doors to the central through arch and a similar blocked arch to the left, likely indicating a former coach house location. A long garage door has been inserted to the right of centre, and other openings are likely later additions.

Internally, both floors have been adapted for new uses. An original staircase and a panelled door on the first floor remain.

The lean-to outhouse attached to the northern gable end is excluded from the listing as it is not considered to be of special architectural or historic interest.