Stables, Earlston

The stables at Earlston, dated 1833, are a large U-shaped two-storey structure that forms a courtyard, along with single and lower two-storey buildings. These stables once served Earlston House, which has since been demolished. The building features rendered walls with polished red sandstone margins, rusticated quoins, and cart archways.

The symmetrical frontage has two storeys and seven bays, with a central gable. The end bays contain depressed arch cart sheds, while the central gabled bay has a pend that provides access to stabling on either side and to the courtyard. A dovecote is set in the gable, featuring three levels of flight holes in sandstone masonry, with a panel displaying the date 1833 above it. All windows are single light, with those in the stables secured by iron bars.

Inside, the stalls retain all their fixtures. The building has coped axial stacks and a well-maintained graded piended slate roof. At the rear of the two-storey range, there are lean-to structures, primarily pigsties. The courtyard is completed by single and two-storey buildings, mostly rubble-built with slate roofs, including a barn, byres, and domestic offices such as a laundry, although most interiors have been gutted.