Coach House And Stables, Gosford House

This is a coach house and stables, built in 1790 by Robert Adam, with later additions. The main range is arranged in a U-shape and is partially enclosed by a walled forecourt accessed laterally. A smaller courtyard is located at the rear. The construction is of roughly squared and coursed rubble with grey ashlar dressings, a base course, band and eaves courses.

The north range features a two-storey, pedimented central block which served as the coach house, with a wooden double-leaf door set within ashlar bays at ground level. There are two windows at the first floor level, incorporating a sculpted panel depicting two griffins flanking an urn. The cornice and pediment support a clock by Veitch of Haddington, dated 1792, with a swan positioned above, flanked by urns. Single-storey ranges extend on either side, providing access to the stables, with four doorways on each side. Two doorways are present on the courtyard return elevation of the wings, each featuring a sculpted classical relief above the lintel, portraying agriculture, painting, sculpture and geometry. Windows are positioned on either side of the doorways in the central range. The gable ends of the projecting wings are concealed behind a deep, corniced parapet and have tripartites at ground level with relief panels above depicting classical profile heads flanking a figurative panel. The parapet is surmounted by a sphinx flanked by urns. The cobbled courtyard is enclosed by an ashlar-coped rubble wall, with ashlar gatepiers topped by ball finials.

The south range consists of a smaller courtyard, accessed from the south through a segmental archway. A two-storey central block is blank on the ground floor but has two windows on the first floor, a cornice, a pediment that breaks the parapet with a blind oculus, and a die above. Single-storey ranges form the courtyard, with doorways and windows for the stables. An L-shaped cottage adjoins to the southeast, built from matching materials and featuring a classical loggia at ground level. Later alterations include the addition of a bow window at ground level and dormers on the first floor. The windows are sash and case, with 12 and 16-pane glazing patterns. The roof is covered with grey slates, has ashlar coped skews and stacks with original cans. The stables are enclosed on the north side by a high, ashlar-coped rubble wall.

Inside, the stables retain wooden stall divisions with curving balustrades, posts with ball finials and troughs.

The coach house and stables form an A-Group with other buildings on the Gosford Estate. An application for conversion and extension to create a hotel was under consideration in 1992.