Group Of Stable Buildings Attached To North East Of Antony House

A group of stable buildings attached to the north east of Antony House, dating from the early to mid-18th century, possibly incorporating earlier farm buildings, with later alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. The buildings are constructed in banded rubble of slatestone and limestone with slate roofs.

The stable yard is enclosed by a wall with entrances to the north west, south east, and north east. The south west contains a stable block, with a barn and horse engine shed to the south east, and a range of outbuildings to the north. A drainage stream is channeled on a north-south axis through the cobbled yard.

The enclosing walls are approximately 3 metres high, varied by the slope of the ground, built in banded rubble with rubble coping. The northern entrance is marked by square rubble piers about 4 metres high topped with pyramidal caps. The southern entrance features trompe l'oeil piers of rhomboid plan, also about 4 metres high in rubble with ball finials on shaped stems. The north east gateway has no piers, though bases for ball finials remain on the wall ends. A similar arrangement is found at the south east entrance, with ball finials on shaped stems in granite at the wall ends.

The stable block is of two storeys. At first floor level, it has eight windows with three lights, transoms, flat brick heads, and keystones. A central external stair leads to a half-glazed door with a lower segmental-headed door beneath. At ground floor, from the left are three carriage entrances with double doors and louvres under segmental brick heads with keystones, followed by a two-light and three-light window with segmental head and keystone. To the right of the external stair are another three-light window and two further carriage entries, with a three-light window at the far right. The stable block is built in banded rubble with an eaves cornice and granite quoins. A clock cupola, slate-hung with an ogee lead roof and weathervane, is dated 1870. The right side features a segmental-headed door with a shield of arms above, and two three-light casements with flat brick heads under the eaves. The left side has a two-storey lean-to with a door and a single-storey lean-to with a door having a cambered brick head. The rear elevation has four brick stacks and twelve casements at first floor level with cambered brick heads at varied heights, with a single-storey lean-to to the centre and to the right. The stable block is connected to the rear of the forecourt buildings by a banded rubble wall approximately 2½ metres high and 10 metres long, with rubble coping.

The barn is two storeys with a hayloft, built in banded rubble with a hipped slate roof. An external stair leads to a porch with a hipped roof. Two-light casements with glazing bars are positioned to the right and left at first floor level. The left side has a cart entry and a similar two-light casement above, while the right side has a sixteen-pane sash with a timber lintel at ground floor and a two-light casement above. The rear features a weatherboarded outshut and an attached single-storey horse engine shed, formerly with open bays, now fitted with casements. The roundhouse is a later 19th-century addition in random rubble.

The range of outbuildings dates from the later 19th century and is built in random rubble with slate roofs. It is two storeys with three wings projecting to the front, two of which have gable-ended cart entries. The building at the right end was formerly a smithy and has a rubble stack, door, and three-light window. The main range has three 20th-century doors.

There appears to have been a phase of estate building in banded rubble, comparable to Ferryman's Cottage at Jupiter Point, probably slightly later than estate buildings constructed in brick.