Stable Block To West Of Tythrop House

The stable block, located to the west of Tythrop House, was built by 1680. It has undergone alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries but was restored to its 17th-century appearance in 1982. The structure is made of brick with cement dressings and features an ashlar doorcase. It has coved eaves and a hipped roof covered with old tiles, and it stands two storeys tall.

The east front, which faces the house, consists of seven bays and includes a central doorcase with an arched rusticated surround, flanked by pilasters and an entablature, topped with ball-finials and a pediment that contains an arched niche. The windows are leaded cross-casements set within cement architraved surrounds, and there is a band course running along the building. The first floor features seven oval windows with architraves and quadrant blocks, and the building has rusticated quoins.

On the south or garden side, there is a blank wall on the ground floor and four oval windows on the first floor. The north side has stable doors on the ground floor. The west elevation is constructed of rubblestone and includes five sash windows on the first floor and stable doors on the ground floor, with flanking stacks. The restoration in 1982, carried out by Eric Throssell, FRIBA, aimed to return the stable block to its original design as depicted in an engraving by Henry Winstanley from 1680. This work included reconstructing the doorcase and the ground floor windows, which had been altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is believed that the original doorcase was moved from an early 17th-century house when Tythrop was remodeled around 1660 to 1680.