Stable Block

The Stable Block at Mottisfont Abbey, dated 1836, is a Grade II* listed building. Constructed of brick with some stone dressings and slate roofs, it forms a courtyard layout. The building features an eight-bay end with a two-storey central section of four bays, flanked by additional eight-bay sides, each with a two-storey central section of four bays. The central four bays have double doors on the ground floor and round-headed sash windows with narrow edge panes on the first floor. Above this section is a pediment with a stone architrave and a clock set in an oculus.

At the ridge, there is a cupola with a dome supported by eight columns, topped with a weathervane. Each lower bay on either side contains two planked doors with a blind arch between them. The sides of the building have a wide coved canopy that extends towards the central pavilion at each end. Beneath the canopy are planked doors with eight-pane fanlights and 16-pane sash windows beside them. Above the canopy, the raised central four-bay block features 12-pane sash windows in each bay.

The entrance front displays paired pilasters at each corner, with a stone entablature and a plinth running across, along with a round-headed sash window in the middle. On the inside face, near the end, there is a rubbed brick niche followed by a short, tall wall leading to the end of the canopy, which culminates in a pier topped with stone coping and a finial. From these piers, lower quadrant walls with stone coping extend, ending in smaller piers surmounted by stone chained bears.