Stables, Cawder House, Cadder

Stables at Cawder House, Cadder

This is a Grade B listed building comprising a substantial courtyard stable complex of early to mid 18th century date, substantially remodelled in the early 19th century by David Hamilton.

The complex is arranged around a courtyard and includes an original three-bay, two-storey stable and hayloft with flanking single-storey carriage houses forming the north range; early 19th century single-storey stores to the west range; a cottage to the south-west and carriage houses to the south-east of the south range; and a cottage to the east range (which was derelict as of 2004). The exterior of the north range displays classical detailing and faces Cawder House and the driveway.

The buildings are constructed of roughly coursed rubble with raised ashlar strip margins and quoins to the more heavily pointed 19th century ranges. The north range features raised, V-jointed ashlar quoins, raised ashlar margins, an advanced ashlar base and eaves courses, a moulded cornice, Gibbs-surround carriage doors, and round-arched keystoned door architraves.

The principal elevation faces north and comprises the stables and carriage houses. The stable block has round-arched doorways to its left and right bays with advanced keystones and imposts; short square windows to all three bays of the upper floor are now blocked, with the central window shortened from what was formerly a loading door to the hayloft. The flanking carriage houses have Gibbs-surround blind carriage doors; a modern timber doorway with flanking windows to the centre of the east carriage door serves as an entrance to a club shop. The north courtyard elevation shows three bays with plain doorways to the outer bays of the stable, square windows set off-centre above these doorways, and a central loading door at upper floor level (now shortened to a window); all windows are blind. A late 20th century single-storey extension was added to the rear of the east carriage house. The west carriage house has been demolished, with only its north wall remaining; a stone forestair stands to the west side of the stable block.

The east elevation includes a five-bay L-plan cottage to the left with an east-facing wing to the centre, and an L-plan boundary wall forming a square garden in the re-entrant angle. The main cottage displays four bays; there is a single window to the far left (possibly later insertion), a blocked ashlar-infilled window to the right with a small rectangular light above (also blind), a single window to the centre-right bay, infill to a former doorway with raised concrete margins, and a window to the far right. A later tall projecting chimney with a red brick base and concrete block above stands to the left. The outshot, facing south into the walled garden, shows four bays with a single window to the left and a doorway to the right flanked by short windows to the upper part of the door. Ruins of an outhouse stand at the north-east corner of the walled garden. The boundary wall to the right of the east elevation is of heavily pointed random rubble with a gateway to the courtyard; tall square-plan ashlar gatepiers with rounded corners and round-topped square caps mark the gateway. The courtyard elevation shows the five-bay cottage to the right side of the range with a boundary wall and gateway to the left; a central doorway to the cottage with large flanking windows, a further window to the far right, and a blind opening to the far left. The boundary wall is set back to the north-east corner of the cottage.

The south elevation comprises nine bays, with a central raised ashlar bay containing a wide segmental-arched pend leading to the courtyard with a slightly raised eaves level. A four-bay cottage stands to the left, with a wooden advanced gabled porch to the second bay and windows to the remaining bays. Four bays to the right of the central passage feature carriage doors (smaller than the central passage) to the two left-hand bays and a sliding timber-boarded door to a doorway to the right with a window to the far right. The courtyard elevation to the south shows a segmental-arched pend to the centre with a single square window to the right (the window shortened from a former rectangular opening) and three bays infilled to the right.

The west elevation comprises the stores and carriage house range. The ruinous wall of a demolished carriage house stands to the far left; a four-bay range to the right displays a single window to the far left, a doorway with flanking windows to the far right (largely overgrown and obscured as of 2004), and the adjoining plain west elevation of the north courtyard range. The courtyard elevation shows a six-bay range with a doorway to the bay to the far left, two large double doorways to the right, a rectangular window to the penultimate bay on the right with flanking doorways, and a gable to the right (renovated and rendered with raised eaves height and late 20th century skews). The ruin of a carriage house stands to the right of the range.

At the time of survey in 2004, the central stable to the north was derelict and roofless with some evidence of internal partitioning visible in the walls. The carriage house to the east was converted to a golf shop in the mid to late 20th century. The cottage to the east was inhabited until the late 20th century but was subsequently derelict. The south and west ranges were not inspected.