Rutland Buildings Rutland Buildings Including Mounting Block

Rutland Buildings, including a mounting block, are a late 18th-century and early to mid-19th-century complex of buildings in Bakewell, altered over time. The buildings are constructed of deeply-coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings, and have Welsh slate, stone slate, and concrete tile roofs.

The plan is based around two courtyards, with an open end to Rutland Square spanned by a beam resting on ashlar piers. The buildings consist mainly of single-storey ranges along each side, parallel ranges across the center and rear.

The central two-storey range features a basket-arch with archivolt set on an impost string course. To either side are later openings, beyond which are original round-arched openings with decorative fanlights and archivolts. A mounting block is located to the left of the arch. The first floor has seven 20th-century casements set within original ashlar surrounds with projecting sills, beneath a hipped stone slate roof. The rear of this range displays three original round-arched openings on each side of the carriageway. The right return has an original round-arched opening above a tripartite window. A rear two-storey range has an impost string course linking four altered openings with fanlights and archivolts; it also features external stone steps, a Welsh slate roof with ridge lights and round vents, and coped gables. Single-storey blocks facing the rear courtyard include 20th-century infill and flat-roofed additions. One-storey garages face the outer courtyard and connect to shops flanking the main entrance. Shops to the left are within a taller, obtuse-angled block, with shop fronts to Buxton Road featuring fluted pilasters and blind boxes. A shop to the right has been heightened to two storeys and incorporates 18th-century blind arcading in two tiers facing the yard. An end gable has a shop front, and the right return features a rectangular bay window. The interior has not been inspected.

Despite extensive alterations, Rutland Buildings form an important group linked to the Rutland Arms Hotel and its earlier incarnation, The White Horse.