The Riding Stables

The Riding Stables is a building that originally served as stables and a carriage shed, now functioning as riding stables with a flat above the carriage shed. It dates from the early to mid-18th century and has undergone some alterations in the 20th century. The front is made of dressed sandstone, while the sides and rear are constructed from coursed sandstone rubble, all sitting on a plinth. The building features painted raised and chamfered quoins and has a pantile roof.

It is a two-storey structure with a five-bay front. The central entrance consists of a four-panelled door topped with a radial fanlight, framed by a round-arched doorcase made of alternating long and short quoins and voussoirs. On either side of the door are two 12-pane sash windows with flat arches made of painted voussoirs and stone sills. The first floor has squat 12-pane windows with central opening lights, along with small 20th-century inserted windows between the right end windows. A cavetto moulded eaves course runs along the top.

At the rear, there is a central board door with a divided overlight beneath a flat arch. The carriage entrance on the left end features heavy timber lintel and har-hung double doors within a quoined opening. To the left of the first floor, a plank door is accessed by stone steps. There are three pivoting 6-pane windows with timber lintels to the right of the central door and one to the left. The eaves course is stepped.

On the gable end facing the street, there is a board door with a flat arch of voussoirs leading to the first floor, which is also approached by stone steps. To the right of the steps is a squat 12-pane window with a timber lintel. The building has coped gables and shaped kneelers. Inside, all stalls, loose boxes, and other fittings have survived intact. The Riding Stables were originally built as the stables for The Hall.