Stables And Coach Houses Approximately 10 Metres East Of Rockbeare Manor

Stables and coach houses, likely dating from the mid-18th century, are situated approximately 10 metres east of Rockbeare Manor. The structures are built of red brick with limited use of limestone ashlar, covered by a slate roof. They encompass stables, coach houses, and a groom's cottage, arranged symmetrically around a courtyard. The front of the building faces west towards Rockbeare Manor, while the rear overlooks an early 19th-century model farmyard.

The main front block is H-shaped, featuring a central coach house flanked by projecting stable wings. Tall curtain walls project outwards from the middle of each stable wing, containing large round-headed arches that return inwards to enclose the cobbled courtyard. Similar buildings are located at each rear corner: a groom’s cottage to the left (north) and a coach house to the right.

The symmetrical front façade showcases Flemish bond brickwork with plain limestone ashlar imposts and keystones over the large round-headed arches. The recessed central coach house features three tall round-headed arches; two retain their original fielded panel doors, while the left-hand arch has been converted into a tack room with a rear stack and a part-glazed door. Each front end has a large flat-topped window beneath a brick relieving arch housing a replacement mullion-and-upper-transom window with glazing bars and a lunette window above with radial glazing bars. Internal doorways have tall overlights; the left is plink and the right is panelled. The interior contains good timber stalls with some early 19th-century cast ironwork. A timber modillion cornice runs along the front. The stable roofs are hipped at each end. The stable blocks feature rear loading hatches, with the southern one converted into a garage. The curtain walls contain large round-headed arches on the front, either side of the stables. The rear wall is terraced into a hillside, with steps leading up to the farmyard.

The groom’s cottage on the left corner has a lateral rear stack and a symmetrical two-window front, with a central doorway flanked by horned 24-pane sashes and first-floor casements with glazing bars. The coach house on the right corner is similar, featuring tall double doors within a round-headed arch, accompanied by pigeon holes in the upper section and flanked by blind windows painted with glazing bars. Both roofs are hipped at each end and have a timber modillion eaves cornice.

Rockbeare Manor, these stables and coach houses, and the rear farm buildings comprise a largely unaltered group showing the character of the Georgian and Regency periods, set within landscaped grounds.