Pavilion Tack Room, Childwick Bury Stud

A tack room, dating to circa 1888, was designed as one of a pair of pavilions for Sir John Blundell Maple, founder of the stud. It stands parallel to, and close to, the north side and at the east end of the north range of stables within the Main Yard. The building is constructed of brick with decorative timber blind arcading applied to the outer wall faces, a hipped plain tile roof with boxed eaves, and a timber-framed, glazed lantern with a hipped roof, topped by a brick ridge stack.

The plan consists of a short range of two rooms: a tack room at the west end with a lantern-light above, and an office or store room to the east. The exterior is single-storey and features a brick offset plinth. A central doorway is located in the west wall, leading to the tack room. A three-light casement with glazing bars is on the south side to the left of the doorway, and a doorway with a casement to the right leads to the office. The north side also features a similar three-light casement. The timber-framed arcading has plain square posts at the corners of the building and on the sides of each opening, all painted black. Intermediate posts are similarly painted black, except for their upper parts, which are semi-circular with turned mouldings, painted white, rising to the level of impost blocks for curved timber braces forming pointed arches, also painted white, below the eaves. Intermediate rails at window sill level are painted black. The roof lantern has three side-hung sashes on each long side and a similar sash at each end, each sash comprising four lights divided by vertical glazing bars.

The tack room interior has a vertical boarded dado, doors to cupboards, a boarded ceiling to rafters beneath the lantern-light, a fireplace with a timber surround, and original tack storage fittings. The store room also has similar boarded linings and cupboards.