Calf House At Lithiack And Stable Adjacent To North

The calf house at Lithiack and the adjacent stable were built in the late 18th to early 19th century. The calf house, possibly designed by the architect John Soane, is constructed from slatestone rubble with limestone dressings and features a hipped slate roof with ridge tiles. The stable is also built from rubble and has a slate roof with ridge tiles behind a parapet with coping.

The calf house has a rectangular plan with entrances on all sides, while the stable is similarly rectangular and has five entrances on the front. Together, the two buildings form an L-shaped group, likely built around the same time. The calf house is a tall single-storey structure with wooden ventilator grilles under the eaves on all sides. The front and rear roof slopes each have two semi-circular ventilators with decorative grilles. The front features a doorway with a shouldered head, while the left side has three doorways with sliding doors and a gabled dormer with a loading door. The right side has a central doorway with a granite lintel, and the rear has a single-storey 20th-century addition. Inside, the rear has a doorway similar to the front, which is concealed by the addition, and the roof has seven bays with tie-beams resting on stone blocks at the wall-tops.

The stable is a single-storey building with a five-bay front, with each bay featuring a doorway topped with a granite lintel. Above each doorway, the parapet is ramped up and shouldered, creating a flat pedimental feature. The interior of the stable has not been inspected.