Stable Block To North Of Cleveland Tontine Inn

The stable block to the north of the Cleveland Tontine Inn was built in 1806 to service mail coaches traveling from Sunderland to Boroughbridge and is now used as residential accommodation. It is constructed from coursed herringbone-tooled sandstone with stone dressings, and the roofs are now covered with concrete tiles. The building has a rectangular plan surrounding a courtyard, with two-storey external walls featuring parapets and pent ranges against the internal walls, all designed in the Gothick style.

The main south front has three bays and features a tall central carriage archway with cut voussoirs set in a shallow, projecting pedimented panel. The side bays contain tall round-arched recesses; the left bay has a half-glazed door, while the right bay has a blocked doorway and two small inserted windows. In the flanking wall sections, there are quatrefoil windows in raised surrounds with cross-slits above, and the flat parapet has coping.

On the east elevation, there are two wide bays with tall round-arched recesses, raised panels between, and at the ends. Small-paned casements have been inserted, along with loading doors in the heads of the arches. The west elevation is similar but has fewer insertions and retains the quatrefoil and cross windows in raised sections.

Internally, there are one-storey pent ranges to the east, south, and west, featuring half-glazed doors and small-paned windows. The north range has two storeys with two large carriage arches; one is centrally placed while the other is to the left. Both arches have modern infilling, with glazing down to inserted cills, and the right arch has a central glazed door. To the left of these arches, there is a doorway that has been converted into a window, and to the right, there is a modern three-light casement window. The first floor is illuminated by three evenly spaced tackroom-type windows. The roof features a stone double flue chimney stack on the right, and the roof covering is concealed by a plain parapet.

Across the south entrance arch, there is a wrought iron overthrow with scrolls and a lampholder. Flanking the arch are two inscriptions that read: "LICENSED POST" and "TO LET HORSES."