Small Building Approximately 30 Metres West Of Stables At Plompton Hall

This small building, now a stable, is located approximately 30 metres west of the stables at Plompton Hall. It was constructed around 1757, likely by the architect John Carr for Daniel Lascelles. The building is made of ashlar stone and has a stone slate roof. It is square in plan, measuring about 4.5 metres across.

On the south face, there is a low plinth and a central doorway with a plain lintel. Above the doorway, there is a projecting band, a moulded cornice, and a dentilled, moulded eaves cornice topped with a low parapet. The roof is pyramidal with a central stack or flue. The rear (north face) features an arched recess that contains a square window, although the frame is not original. Both left and right returns have arched recesses with moulded archivolts above cornice level.

Inside, the building is lined with red brick, cement-washed on the lower two metres, and has a fine groined vault that springs from the external cornice level. There is an inserted brick oven and an iron bowl for heating mash in the north-west corner, along with an inserted beam approximately 3 metres above the floor. Although the building has been referred to as a pigeon house or granary, there is no evidence to support these uses, as there are no nesting boxes against the existing brick walls, and the central chimney or ventilator could not have served as an entrance for birds. In the late 19th or early 20th century, the building was used for butchering, but its original purpose remains unknown.