The Kennels

High-walled yard enclosing kennels and feed rooms, with an L-shaped roofed building forming the N and W sides of the yard. Domestic accommodation abutting to N; lean-to range along W wall (latterly used for stabling). Kennel ranges have rubble walls with chamfered plinth and dressed limestone coping. Hipped roof with covering of large slates, skylights to N range; limestone ashlar chimney with moulded capping to W end of N range. The yard opens to the S, where the wall is reduced to half-height, and is surmounted with heavy spiked railings. Central square-headed entrance with dressed limestone jambs and sawn slate lintel (1849 carved into top of slate). Slabbed central passage-way with walled and railed runs either side, leading to flat-headed brick doorway into feed preparation room to left (W) and whelping room to right (now converted into a flat). Second external doorway at W end of N elevation. Dog-runs to left (W) lead off roofed kennels forming W range. Lean-to abutting W elevation: chamfered plinth continues to corner (original quoins re-set). W elevation of red brick with 3 gabled doorways with moulded slate ridges to the gables, and slate slab copings; wood lintels. The doorway to the N is blocked. At the N end of the lean-to range is a small cartshed.

The house to the N of the kennels was built as a small, single-storey T-plan lodge-style cottage with a central chimney. This was later extended to the rear with a low 2 storey wing, forming a cruciform plan. Modern lean-to kitchen abuts rear extension and N wall of kennels. Porch to NW angle. Walls rendered and painted; steeply pitched thin slate roof with plain bargeboards; tall central stack. Canted bay window to front (N) projection with 2-light sash windows. Other windows are modern 2-pane casements. Flat-roofed dormer window to E side of rear wing, with 4-pane casement windows.

The N range of the kennel building is divided into 3 units; the central unit contains a well, slate water tank and a pair of brick boilers. The unit at the N end contains a fireplace, and provides access to the house though a door in the N wall. The S unit was formerly the whelping room. Sawn kingpost roof trusses. The W range comprises roofed dog kennels.