Birdsall House Stables

Birdsall House Stables is a stable block and coach house associated with Birdsall House, dating from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. The building is constructed of herringbone-tooled ashlar and has a Welsh slate roof. It features a spinal range with four cross wings at the front, creating three yards, and one at the rear.

In the first yard, the spinal range is two storeys high with seven first-floor windows. The central apsidal bay has a round-arched sash window, flanked by round-arched sashes with six-panel doors beneath fanlights in the outer bays. Hood-moulds over the windows and doors create a continuous band. The first floor has elliptical-arched six-pane sashes. Each cross wing has a six-panel door with a fanlight and round-arched sashes, also with hood-moulds forming continuous bands. There are elliptical-arched carriage entrances at the gable ends, and the roofs are hipped.

The second yard is at a lower level, with a spinal range of three storeys and six bays. It features six elliptical-arched carriage entrances and a first-floor band. The first and second floors have slatted openings with four fixed panes above. The left cross wing has two round-arched stable doors and two elliptical-arched carriage entrances that are now partially blocked, with a band above and a lean-to roof. The right cross wing is three storeys high with three bays, containing three elliptical-arched carriage entrances and an arch leading to the stable yard. The first and second-floor bays, now faced with corrugated iron sheets containing fixed windows, are divided by flat pilasters, and the roof is hipped.

The third yard has a single-storey, two-bay stable to the left and a two-storey, four-bay stable and tack room with a flat above to the right. The left side features a board door beneath a divided overlight, with a sash window with glazing bars to the left. The right side has a board door beneath a divided overlight with two sashes with glazing bars to the left. The first floor has sashes with glazing bars, and stone lintels are present throughout. The left cross wing includes a lean-to coach house with three flat-headed double doors, while the right cross wing forms a separate single-storey range with two elliptical-arched carriage entrances, also with a hipped roof.

Inside, the stables contain original loose boxes and stalls.