Stable Block 50 Yards North West Of Leybourne Grange

This is a stable block dating from around 1850, situated 50 yards north west of Leybourne Grange. The building is constructed of yellow stock brick with ashlar dressings, and has shallow-pitched slate roofs. A five-stage tower is set into an angle of the block. The stable block is one storey high to the east, two storeys to the south, and three storeys high to the north, behind the tower.

The east wing’s south side has four bays. Its windows are arched, with flanking lights and overlights all set in arched recesses with doubled arched dressings and keystones. A double-boarded door is positioned in the entrance bay to the left.

The south wing’s east front comprises six bays with boarded doors in the outer bays. The two central bays contain windows, all set within ground floor niches with double dressed arches. Above, the second bays from each end have windows below single dressed niches, with shallow doors to the left on the first floor, also with double dressed arches. Single dressed round windows are found in the first, third, fourth and sixth bays on the first floor. A louvred ventilation house sits off-centre on the roof.

The tower has an arched doorway with a panelled door on its east side at ground floor level. Margin-light arched double-dressed windows are present on the east and south sides of the first floor, with the south window lower to provide access to stairs. These are repeated on the second floor. A chimney-breast is bracketed out on the east side of the rear block on the second floor. Moulded stone bands sit below the second, third and fourth floors. Clock faces are set into the south and east sides at third floor level. Triple arched belfry openings are present on the fourth floor, fitted with large louvres. A bracketed cornice leads to a pyramidal slate roof with weather vanes.

The north side exhibits a symmetrical three-storey block to the right, fronting the tower, and featuring a pyramidal slate roof. Segment-headed openings are present on the three-window front, with the central first-floor opening shallower than the others. Casement windows are present, although first-floor windows are glazing bar sashes. A central boarded door provides access.