The Stables, Wolterton Hall

The Stables at Wolterton Hall, built around 1750 by Thomas Ripley for Horatio Walpole, is a Grade II* listed building. Constructed from brick with stone dressings and topped with a Belgian tile roof, the stables are rectangular in shape with a central courtyard. The north front features a central stone archway flanked by two blind stone arches, a moulded brick dentil eaves cornice, and an attic sash window with glazing bars beneath a pedimented gable on each side. An octagonal wooden clock tower sits on the ridge.

On either side of the central range are two slightly projecting wings that are two stories tall with an attic, each having three bays and sash windows with stone sills. Each wing has a central four-panel door, with the top two panels glazed. The courtyard includes a single-storey range to the west with casement windows, although some openings have been altered with large 20th-century doors. To the east, there is a wall. The south range is also single-storey, featuring sash windows and a central doorway with a fanlight that has radiating glazing bars, leading to a hayloft above, which cuts through the eaves. This range has four attic sashes with pedimented gables.

Inside, the west part of the south range contains stalls from the late 19th or early 20th century. The north-east corner range features a butt-purlin roof with curved braces supporting a coved plaster ceiling, and has a rounded south-west corner, possibly intended for a stair.