Stable Block At Trehill

This is a stable block at Trehill, built in 1833. Two of the three ranges have been converted into cottages in the 1950s. It was constructed in red sandstone with slate roofs and is designed in a Gothic style, contrasting with the Greek Revival style of Trehill House, which was rebuilt five years earlier.

The block is arranged around a courtyard, enclosed by tall embattled walls with buttresses, coping, merlons and embrasures. There's a gateway on the fourth side, with the embattled walling extending to screen the stable block from the east side of Trehill park. The west and south ranges have been converted to cottages.

On the north side, a grand entrance is provided, flanked by gate piers featuring trefoil-headed sunk mouldings and hipped caps. A tall embattled wall screens the rear (east) range from the park. The unconverted east carriage house projects slightly and has a gabled front with kneelers. The central front has a segmental-headed fanlight above the front door, flanked by segmental-headed doorways that have been converted to windows. There's a segmental-arched window with Gothick glazing bars in the centre, and further windows on the first floor, with a Diocletian window on the ground floor to the left and a blind ribbon recess on the first floor. The right-hand bay has a gabled attic dormer, kneelers and a two-light window, a blind ribbon recess on the first floor, and a 20th-century doorway on the ground floor.

The west range is more altered; it originally had a central gable and likely a symmetrical design. A round-headed loft door survives in the central gable, and two blocked round-headed doorways have been converted to windows, either side of a square-headed doorway, also converted to a window. Later 20th-century doors and windows are present on the west range.

Despite the alterations, the stable block retains considerable architectural interest and provides a visual contrast to Trehill House (listed Grade II*).