Stable Block Witley Park

The stable block, originally linked to Lea House and now incorporated into cottages, was built in 1896 by H. Paxton-Watson in a Free Tudor style. It is constructed of snecked sandstone with restored plain tiled roofs and tile hung casement dormers. The block occupies a rectangular plan, arranged around a central cobbled courtyard.

The ranges are predominantly single-storey, with a two-stage entrance tower projecting from the north side. The north range’s entrance elevation features a projecting gable to the left, with a stable door under a transome light on the ground floor. Above this is a six-light, cambered-head window. A domed turret sits on the angle of the roof, alongside a four-windowed range. There is a four-light casement window to the centre gable and a diagonal leaded oriel window below, set in a square panel, and a keystone over an arched central throughway flanked by buttresses. To the right of the gateway is a stone bay with a chamfered angle squinch. Two stacks are located on the range to the right of the tower, which has irregular casement fenestration below, including three four-light windows, one three-light window, and one eight-light mullioned and transomed window. A bullseye window sits to the left of the centre. The courtyard elevation of the north range has two stacks to the left of the tower, with a flat-roofed dormer between a double gable. Each first floor window is a four-light casement. Four mullioned and transomed windows are positioned below. There are two ground floor doors to the left and one arched door to the right, adjacent to the tower. The two-storey tower at the centre is buttressed on the lowest stage, flanking an arched throughway with double panelled doors. Above, a four-light window is positioned and a single window set in a deep reveal to the gable apex. A further range to the right of the tower has stable doors and a central door under a transome light. The east range has domed turrets to the corners and a large gable to the centre containing a loft door in flanking lights. D-section ashlar piers are rounded and positioned below, with stable doors between. The south range is single-storey with end mullioned and transomed windows. A large door is situated to the left of the centre, alongside two mullioned windows. Further doors are flanked by two arched and panelled doors within chequerwork frontispieces, each with eyebrow hoods supported on battering buttresses.