Stable Block With Wall And Gate Piers Approximately 200 Metres To West Of Norton Conyers House

This is a late 18th-century stable block with mid-19th century alterations, located approximately 200 metres west of Norton Conyers House. The stable block comprises a rectangular courtyard of about 38 by 25 metres, with buildings on three sides and a walled enclosure with gate piers on the fourth (east) side.

The south facade of the north range is two storeys high with a three-bay central block linked by a single-storey, two-bay wing to two-storey, two-bay end blocks. The central block and corners project forward. The central bay features a round-arched opening to the courtyard, flanked by blind arches in the corners. Several archways have glazing bars. Windows throughout are 9- and 12-pane sashes. A first-floor band and sill band are present, with balusters between the bands to the left and right of the central bay. A central Diocletian window is topped with a keystone. Moulded eaves cornices and a plain pediment sit atop a hipped roof. The wings to the left and right have a blind, round-arched arcade and continue the central block's first-floor band. Brick chimneys rise from the ridge. The end blocks have triangular pediments with deeply moulded cornices.

The left return of the stable block includes a two-storey, three-bay gardener’s house, which fronts onto an enclosed garden. The gardener’s house has a central boarded door with a rectangular three-pane fanlight and a wedge lintel. All windows are 12-pane sashes in flush wood architraves with splayed lintels. A brick string course runs along the first floor, and an ashlar eaves cornice is present. The roof is hipped on the left side.

The north range of the courtyard has a two-storey centre and end blocks, accentuated by a central triangular pediment. The west range is single-storey, with a central six-panel door under a round-headed arch featuring banded rustication and a shallow triangular pediment. The interior of the north and west ranges contains stalls, loose boxes, and mangers. The south range and the east and west ends of the stable block contain dwellings.

The east side wall is rendered, ramped, and has an ashlar coping. The gate piers feature channelled quoins to the lower part, with moulded capitals on plinths above.