Stable and Carthouse Range at Plas Heaton

The Stable and Carthouse Range at Plas Heaton is a C-shaped complex built of rubble with slate roofs, dating from the 18th century. It is arranged around a small cobbled stable yard and faces southwest. The structure features a central coachhouse range with accommodation for grooms above, flanked by stable and tack-room wings that project forward.

The coach bays have segmentally-arched openings with boarded double doors, and there are 2-light boarded windows above. The left wing includes an early 20th-century garage entrance on the left, with a 2-light loft window above it. On the right side, there is a tall cambered stable entrance with a pegged frame and a folding boarded door, along with a 2-pane overlight. Flanking cross-windows from the 20th century have segmental heads, and there is a similar loft window to the upper right. The gable end features stone-stepped access to an upper boarded door with a segmental arch.

The opposite wing has an off-centre arch on the left, flanked by two windows on the right and one on the left, with sliding sash upper sections and tilting lower sections. There are three boarded loft windows as well and a loading bay at the gable end. Stone entrance piers to the northwest have reused moulded sandstone cappings that appear to be from the 18th century.

At the rear, which faces the farmyard, there is a renewed brick external stair providing access to the first floor, leading to a boarded door. There is also another boarded entrance on the ground floor to the right. Beyond this is the recessed gable end of the northwest wing, featuring a 12-pane cambered casement on the ground floor and a 2-pane boarded loft window above, along with additional loft windows in the central section.

Inside, the floors are sandstone-flagged, with loose boxes that include ocular mangers. The left wing has three loose boxes with a tack room at the end, while the right wing contains a central tack room with three flanking loose boxes on each side. In the right coach bay, there is a reused late 17th-century chamfered beam with a characteristic ogee stop.