Stables To North Of Ribston Hall

SE 35 SE 5/32 15.3.66

GREAT RIBSTON WITH WALSHFORD RIBSTON PARK Stables to north of Ribston Hall

GV II*

Stables. Mid-late C18 with C19 restoration to interiors. Attributed to John Carr for Sir Henry Goodricke. Red brick, English bond, with ashlar dressings, Westmorland slate roof. Courtyard plan, with a free-standing range on each side linked by a high wall. Entrance range, courtyard front: 2 storeys, 9 bays, central 3 bays breaking forward. Ashlar plinth. Central round-arched passage to courtyard flanked by round-headed windows with glazing bars above ventilator slits. The central window in the 3-bay blocks is set in a round-arched recess. 6-pane sash windows to first floor. All have brick sills. Projecting ashlar band at ground-floor impost level, ashlar dentilled eaves and triangular pediment over central 3 bays containing square stone plaque with coat of arms (a similar plaque on west wall of chapel(q.v.)). Hipped roof. Central cupola, containing bell set on square base with clock, has lead dome and weather vane. Single-storey blocks at each end. Steps from courtyard to first-floor door in right return. Interior: C19 stalls and loose boxes still in use. Hay lofts over. A new clock was put into the clock tower in 1887. Courtyard, west range: hay barn of 3 bays. Wide central double door with round arch, flanked by round-arched recesses with ventilated openings. Ashlar band and eaves as main range, the impost band continued as coping of side walls. Hipped roof. North range: 2-storey, 3-bay carriage house flanked by single-storey, 3-bay stables and tack room. Details as main range. Range to right contains original C18 stalls. East-range: 2-storey, 4-bay;possibly cart shed with accommodation over. 4 round-arched openings blocked and converted to house mid C20. Central stack. Ashlar bands. Linking walls have buttresses at intervals and on corners, with some ball finials surviving. H. Speight, Nidderdale, 1894 p 191. Country Life, October 18th, 1973, p 1145.

Listing NGR: SE3914553880