The Kennels In Lyme Park

The Kennels in Lyme Park, built around 1870 for William Legh, is a Grade II listed building. It is constructed from rock-faced buff sandstone, with some minor walls made of red and blue brick. The roof is covered with Welsh slate and features two stone chimneys. The building has a stretched H-shaped plan with short cross wings and six one-storey kennels in between. The end bays have 6-pane horned sash windows set under gables. Each kennel has a framed and boarded door with a semi-circular dog flap, and there is a small rectangular yard in front of each kennel, enclosed by iron railings on stone-coped walls. A rectangular paddock in front of all the kennels is surrounded by larger similar railings, with a gate on either side.

Inside, at the rear of the left cross wing, there is a deer slaughterhouse equipped with a winch and haying racks. The room at the front of the right cross wing features a crude fireplace that mimics the one found in the Stag Parlour at Lyme Park.

Historically, the kennels were home to the last of the famous Lyme Mastiffs, a breed that disappeared around 1900.