Seal Laundry

Seal Laundry is a former stable block, now functioning as a laundry, built around 1886 for Sir Charles Mills, who purchased and remodeled Wildernesse House during this period. The building is a quadrangular stable block with attic accommodation, constructed from snecked Kentish ragstone with sandstone dressings and features a hipped tiled roof. It has one storey and attics.

The front elevation showcases a central projecting bay with a large round-headed carriage arch that includes a keystone and impost blocks, flanked by double nine-panelled doors and curbing stones. This is supported by rusticated giant piers, with balustrading above that incorporates central pedimented dormer windows. An ashlar square clock tower, flanked by pilasters and topped with a hipped roof and metal weathervane, is also present. On either side of the clock tower, there are three blank round-headed arches with keystones and impost blocks. The corners of the building feature pavilions with hipped roofs and pedimented dormers, each with a round-headed window.

The right side elevation consists of two storeys, featuring a moulded cornice and stone platband. An external chimneystack is located to the right, with a six-paned sash window to the left, complete with horns. To the left of this window are three sashes beneath a hip roof and a first-floor door. The left side elevation mirrors the right.

The entrance arch is vaulted in sandstone. Inside the courtyard, there are a series of sash windows, first-floor loading doors, and cambered doorcases. Opposite the entrance, a 20th-century lean-to with double doors imitates the original carriage doors, while to the right is a late 20th-century brick factory extension, which is not of special interest. The rear range features two stone well staircases with cast iron stick balusters and wooden handrails that terminate in a baluster. Circular apertures are visible in the ceilings of the stables, and feed chutes remain intact. A sand-headed alcove in one corner of the courtyard was originally a pump. The courtyard itself is paved with granite slabs.