Coach House And Stables To Barningham Hall

A coach house and stables, dating from the 17th century and later, were altered in 1805 and 1864, situated north and east of a courtyard in relation to Barningham Hall. The north range, originally a coach house, is now used as garages, cottages, and a stable. It’s constructed of brick in English bond, incorporating diaper work and a dogs tooth cornice, with plain and fish scale tiles on the front and pantiles at the rear. The structure is two storeys with an attic, featuring crow stepped gables. The ground floor has three central garage doors. To the left and right are a three-light casement window and a ledged and battened door under a four-centred brick arch dating from 1805. The first floor has six evenly spaced casement windows with glazing bars, with a seventh inserted between the first and second bays. Three large casement dormers, rebuilt around 1940, are situated beneath the crow stepped gables. A sundial is located below the central dormer. The central window of the attic and the first floor of the left hand gable feature brick mullions.

The east range, which was formerly stables and is now outbuildings, connects to the north range via a storage room and passage. This range, dating from the 18th century and altered in 1864, is also constructed of brick with plain and fish scale tiles on the front and pantiles at the rear. It has four bays and a single storey with an attic. The older part of the ground floor is built with original bricks, while the upper walls and dormers are later additions. Moulded terracotta rondels are incorporated into the dormers, inscribed with "ITM" (John Thomas Mott, 1809-84) and the date 1864. A projecting cross wing is to the right, displaying crow stepped gables. The facade is symmetrical, with the central bay projecting forward to a crow stepped dormer gable. A doorway with a four-centred arch provides access, and there are four-light casements with glazing bars to the right and left on the ground floor. Dormers with crow stepped gables are present to the right and left, with shuttered windows. All three dormer windows are topped with brick pediments. A central wooden clock turret, containing a bell and covered by a leaded cupola, is present. The cramp irons are shaped like an estoile, representing the Mott crest. A passage on the right side of the north range contains a ledged and battened door with a four-centred arch from 1805. The rear of the building has a central projecting bay with an arched doorway under a crow stepped dormer gable. There are three blank arches to the right and left, with forward facing crow stepped gables to the far right and left, where blocked attic windows are located. The fenestration is varied.