Stables, Holyroodhouse

The former stables at Holyroodhouse, designed by Robert Matheson in 1861, are a single-storey, seven-bay building with a near-symmetrical layout and crowstepped gables. The east elevation features a slightly advanced central gable that breaks the eaves, along with a tall, louvred ventilation shaft topped with a pyramidal roof. There are two large timber entrance doors with multi-pane fanlights above them. The west elevation facing the street is mostly blank, except for a single crowstepped gabled hayloft opening on the far right, which has a boarded timber door. A single-storey outbuilding extends to the south and connects to a modern café wing.

The building predominantly has 12-pane timber sash and case windows on the east side and is covered with graded grey slates.

Inside, the stables retain a fine interior, featuring boarded timber stalls on the west side with tall, decorative, curving cast-iron balustrades and posts topped with acorn finials. There are also cast-iron hay racks and feeding troughs, along with leather and metal saddle racks.