Brandsby Hall Stables

Brandsby Hall Stables, built between 1745 and 1747 for Francis Cholmeley, is a stable building constructed from ashlar and dressed sandstone, topped with Westmorland slate roofs. The structure features three bays on each side, with the central range rising to two storeys and projecting forward from the one-and-a-half-storey side ranges.

The central block has a ground floor made of chamfered rusticated ashlar, with a plinth and three round-arched openings that have projecting keystones and linking impost bands. The central opening contains a leaved board door, while the outer bays have recessed blocking with four-panel doors beneath large fanlights. Above, there is a first-floor band and dressed stone first floor featuring 20-pane sash windows set in architraves, with a clock positioned above the central window. The building is topped with a moulded cornice, a hipped roof, and a square wooden cupola that has a louvred opening and pediment on each side, crowned by a weather vane.

The left range showcases openings with raised ashlar surrounds, including a central doorway with a leaved six-panel door flanked by 12-pane windows, and above them, three-pane Diocletian windows. The left side also has a hipped roof. The right range mirrors the left but includes inserted narrow windows on the left side. The rear of the building is constructed of rubble, with the central range featuring two brick chimney stacks and the side ranges having Diocletian windows.