Stables And Coach House Adjacent To Babington House

The stables and coach house adjacent to Babington House, dating from the 18th century, have been divided into three dwellings, with part used as a garage. The building features ashlar and coursed squared rubble, a first-floor band, a moulded cornice, and a parapet with coping. It has a double-span hipped slate roof, ashlar stacks with moulded caps, and a windvane. The symmetrical front has two storeys and is arranged in a 2:1:2 bay configuration, with the central bay breaking forward under a broad triangular pediment that includes a clock in the tympanum. The façade is adorned with 2-light stone-mullioned windows, each light containing a sash with glazing bars. There is a broad central carriage opening with a metal door, a narrower door opening to the left with paired plank doors, and three additional door openings, two of which are panelled and one a 20th-century plank door. The left return features two pitching eyes in decorative freestone surrounds. Inside, the room on the right of the ground floor serves as a dairy and includes a good fireplace with an overmantel.