Hartrigge House

Hartrigge House is a stable block, probably designed by David Bryce in 1854, with later additions and alterations. It is a disused Baronial building, originally part of a larger estate, and now partially converted into two homes. The layout is a U-shaped courtyard linked to a parallel range at the rear.

The stable block is constructed from squared and snecked stugged cream sandstone rubble, with ashlar dressings. It was formerly partly limewashed, and traces of this remain.

The principal courtyard’s rear range presents a symmetrical elevation. It has three segmental-arched coach house openings with double boarded doors, with a pend to the left and a flat-panelled door with a three-pane fanlight to the right. A converted hayloft sits above. A blank plaque with a segmental-headed open pediment breaks the eaves, and the flanking windows have gabled dormerheads. The rear elevation is irregular, with crowstepped gables and a later single-storey addition to the east.

The left range (NW) has an irregular courtyard elevation. To the right is a niche and a segmental-headed carriage arch with a louvred wallhead dormer above. A small open pediment sits at the raised wallhead at centre. The outer elevation, facing the drive, features a pair of projecting, two-storey, crowstepped gabled bays. A round stairtower is positioned in the re-entrant angle to the left of the right gable, topped with a tall candle-snuffer roof, fish-scale tiles and a ball finial. A crowstepped gable to the southwest has a blind window at ground level and a blank plaque above.

The right range (SE) is the stable range, with a symmetrical courtyard elevation. It originally featured four windows with half-shutters, and three flat-panelled doors between. There are a pair of louvred wallhead dormers above the hayloft and a pair of pagoda ventilators at the apex. The outer elevation is plain and has an unfortunate modern conservatory added to the northeast. A gable to the southwest mirrors the style of the other gables. Some original stalls remain within.

The rear range is a single-storey building with crowstepped gable ends, now converted into dwellings. It has seven bays to the outer (NE) elevation, with a lower gable shed added to the NW end and a pair of projecting gable ranges added to the SW at the centre. A much-altered lower single-storey link connects to the main block at the west end.

The courtyard is closed to the southwest by a saddleback-coped wall with a pair of square ashlar, corniced gatepiers.

Originally, the building featured 12-pane timber sash and case windows. These have been replaced in the converted areas with modern plate glass windows. The roof is slate, with dressed rubble stacks, crowstepped gables with beak skewputts.

A walled garden, with a coped rubble wall, lies to the east. Sections of the wall are in a dilapidated condition.