Folly Or Retort House To West Of Stable Block At Hazlewood House

The Folly or Retort House, located to the west of the stable block at Hazlewood House, is a building of uncertain function, possibly a former retort house, dating from around 1850. It features a rubble slate roof and is designed as a lobby building with two bays. Each long side has two large arched openings that are flanked and separated by simple pilasters, with an additional pilaster at the south end. The north gable, which faces the main house, has a pair of plank doors beneath an open oculus in the gable. The building is set on a plinth and is partly built against the ground slope to the west. There is no evidence of an internal structure. While the exact purpose of this building is not established, it is part of a group of estate developments located south of the main house, close to the stable and coach-house.