Stable Block At Ditton Place

The stable block at Ditton Place is a building constructed in 1904, designed by architects Cecil Brewer and Dunbar Smith in the Neo William and Mary style for A B Horne, the owner of Prudential Insurance. It has been repurposed as school workshops and features some alterations from the late 20th century. The structure is made of red brick with stone dressings and has a tiled roof with two brick chimneystacks. It is a single-storey building with attics arranged around three sides of a courtyard.

The west front is the most architecturally impressive, intended to be viewed from the garden side of the main house. It showcases a series of eight oculi, each adorned with four keystones, a moulded stone cornice, and a hipped roof. This roof includes six cambered dormers and a central square wooden cupola with a clock face, hipped roof, and an elaborate metal weathervane. The east front features four dormers and five wooden piers on padstones, which were originally open but were glazed in during the late 20th century. The wings are also single-storey brick structures, with the tops of the projecting gables covered in weatherboarding, round-headed windows, and pivoting casements. The gables are equipped with wooden hoists, and wooden staircases have been added in front. The roofs feature central wooden louvres on battered lead bases. The left side wing has three casement windows and double doors, while the right side retains a set of double doors with late 20th-century infill. The two projecting wings are connected by brick walls with stone coping, two gatepiers topped with stone ball finials, curbing stones, and a cast iron overthrow. The stables are linked to the main house by a round-headed brick arch.