Stable Block And Adjoining Gate-Piers At Danby Hall

The stable block and adjoining gate piers at Danby Hall date from the early 18th century. The building is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings and a stone slate roof. It comprises three ranges arranged around a courtyard.

The main range is of 2:3:2 bays, with a taller central block projecting forward. Quoins are present. A coach opening is visible, with remains of a brick segmental arch and a relieving arch above, which has been partly filled with brick to accommodate a Baroque door surround featuring a pulvinated frieze and an ogee scroll pediment. The door itself is of wood with four glazed panels at the top. Flanking the coach opening are two 20-pane sash windows set within stone surrounds, with brick blocking below. Vent slits are visible in the hayloft above. A moulded stone surround originally framed an oculus, now blocked with brick and containing a sundial inscribed 'Morea dum moreo'. The roof is hipped, topped by a cupola with a clock, a lead ogee roof, and a weather vane.

To the left of the main range, recessed bays contain a stable door in a stone surround with a pulvinated frieze and cornice supporting three finials. Adjacent to this is a 20-pane sash window with a moulded stone surround. On the first floor in this section are a 20-pane sash window in a moulded stone surround and a blocked opening. To the right, recessed bays similarly contain a stable door, a 20-pane sash window, and, on the first floor, a similar window and a blocked opening.

The return of the left wing exhibits rusticated quoins, four coach openings (three of which are blocked), and first-floor openings within moulded stone surrounds. One opening is shuttered, while the others contain 20-pane sash windows. The right wing return also features rusticated quoins, two small windows (one blocked) on the ground floor, and a similar arrangement of windows and openings on the first floor. The outer return of the right wing displays a window, a door with four glazed panels in a chamfered stone surround with a pulvinated frieze and cornice supporting three balusters, a carriage entrance with a flat-headed moulded surround and a keystone, steps leading to a door with four glazed panels set within a chamfered stone surround, and a window. Four windows are positioned above. All windows are set within moulded stone surrounds.

The ashlar gate piers adjoining the left wing are topped with cornices and ball finials, one of which was displaced at the time of the last survey.