Stable Block, Murraythwaite House

Several building phases; core circa 1766, 2-storey, 4-bay

house, additions throughout 19th century culminating in 1902

(dated) additions and re-modelling by Sir Reginald Blomfield. Symmetrical 2-storey country house with full-height flanking

wings, and plain long W wing. Mostly rubble-built with ashlar

dressings.

S elevation: original house rendered with ashlar margins and

off-centre plain doorway an alteration with re-set inscribed

stones above; 3 pedimented dormers (probably by Blomfield):

advanced flanking wings (left wing has 1844 dated ground

floor lintel) altered and heightened by Blomfield, with

canted full-height windows with pilastered mullions,

datestone and clasping pilaster strips. Main cornice and

blocking course carried over all elevations.

N elevation: 3-bay centrepiece, early 19th century addition

to main house double-pile arrangement, with mid 19th century

inserted cross windows (paired in outer bays); shallow

advanced and pedimented central entrance bay with (?)original

panelled door and decorative fanlight, brass doorbell (?)by

Blomfield. Flanking steep-pitched wallhead gables; wings each

2 bays. Windows mostly small-paned sashes; dormers and cross

windows casements. Corniced stacks; piended slate roofs. W

wing, by Blomfield, also 2 storeys, but lower, and with

asymmetrical elevations.

U-plan stables to SW, court flanked by rusticated piers;

garages in S range; glass-houses to S, beyond.