Groom's House, Coachhouse And Stables, Spott House

Dated 1856. U-plan stable court, open to W. Red rubble sandstone

with stugged ashlar dressings. Chamfered arrises to some

openings. Cobbled yard.

E RANGE: 5-bay to courtyard, with wide gabled bay at centre,

entered by deep segmental carriage arch, with clock in square

panel and date stone above; bell-cote at apex, bearing

decorative weathervane. 2 doors in flanking bays, with stable

door to outer right and louvred window to outer left, both

with louvred openings above. Rear elevation blank, but with wide

opening at S end.

N RANGE: shortest range, retaining rusticated quoins at SW from

pre-1856 building, 3-bay to courtyard, with doorway at centre,

and gabled hayloft door breaking eaves above; stone mullioned

bipartites flanking at ground; 2 lower gabled bays at outer left

with door and window.

S RANGE: 3-blocks stepping down to W; wide inserted door to

tallest block, louvred ventilators under eaves. Segmentally

arched carriage arch to centre block, with decorative

weathervane on W gable; slightly recessed end block. Rear

elevation with variety of openings. Boarded doors. Crowstepped

gables, beak skewputts and grey slates.

GROOM'S HOUSE: circa 1856. Single storey and attic, 3-bay,

L-plan cottage, linked to E end of S range; gabled ashlar porch

at centre to W elevation and gabled dormerheads to outer bays;

adjoined to single storey and basement block to N, projecting to

W. Red rubble sandstone with grey ashlar dressings, chamfered

arrises to openings. Parapet retaining wall to W front of

cottage.

4-pane glazing pattern, grey slates and gable end stacks,

crowstepped gables and beak skewputts.