Cottage, Stables And Garage At Downe Hall

The Cottage, Stables, and Garage at Downe Hall is a building constructed in 1893 by E.S. Prior for Alfred Dammers. It is designed in the Queen Anne style and features stretcher bond red brick with asbestos tile roofs that are hipped and gable-ended, topped with clay ridge tiles. The building has an L-shaped plan, with the stable range located to the north, a groom's lodge at the northwest corner, and a garage or fire engine house in the southwest wing, which includes a large canopy on the east front facing the courtyard.

The exterior is one storey with an attic. The stable range facing the courtyard has cambered brick arch windows and a doorway on the ground floor. To the right of the centre, a window has been converted into a wider doorway with a sliding door, and to the left of the centre is a plank door with a fanlight. There is also a loft doorway at the centre through the eaves, featuring a hoist on a flat roof and a plank door. A later glazed porch is located in the angle, with small flat roof half-dormers above and a cambered arch window to the left. The windows are wooden mullion-transom types with glazing bars.

The southwest range includes large boarded sliding garage doors with a brick pier in between, topped with glazed top lights and a large steel canopy supported by braced steel girders on cast-iron columns and brick piers. In the corner to the left of the garage doors, there is a tap with a hose support above. The west elevation of the garage, which faces the drive to Downe Hall, is symmetrical and features two Diocletian windows with stone cills under small gables, deep verges, and eaves. A doorway between the windows has a stone canopy with a small pediment, long console brackets, and a panelled door.

Inside, the stables retain their loose boxes with iron posts. The garage or fire engine house is divided into two bays; the larger southern bay is open to the roof with tie-beam trusses and includes an inspection pit along with hose supports on the wall. The northern bay has a ceiling.