Leighton Hall Stables

Leighton Hall Stables is a building in a simple Gothic style, constructed around a central courtyard with four ranges made of brick and featuring ashlar dressings and a slate roof. The gables are adorned with copings on moulded kneelers beneath gablets and have fleur de lys finials displaying the letter ‘N’ in relief.

The front range includes a central gatehouse block that is two stories tall and has three bays, flanked by single-storey wings. The gatehouse features an advanced cross-gable at the center and diagonal buttresses. The lower storey contains a tall, wide, 4-centred chamfered arch with double boarded doors. Each outer bay has two blind arrow loops on the ground floor, and above a string course, there are two-light mullioned windows, along with a similar window in the cross gable beneath a blank shield. Above the cross gable, there is a hexagonal lead bellcote with a clock face, an ogee dome, and a weathervane.

In the right single-storey wing of the front range, there are blind arrow loops, a wide doorway to the right of center with boarded doors, and a polygonal vent on the ridge with a swept roof. The left wing features similar blind arrow loops, a two-light mullioned window, and a stack with a tall diagonally-set shaft.

The side ranges are single-storey and include sash windows and blind arrow slits, as well as vents on the roofs. The left range is built on a rubble stone plinth and has a basement. The rear range mirrors the front but has gable stacks on the gatehouse block (with diagonally-set shafts to the left) and gabled outer bays on its wings, which also have external stacks (with diagonally-set shafts to the right). Both gatehouse blocks are equipped with cast iron rainwater goods, including hoppers dated 1852.

Inside the courtyard, the rear range contains three 4-centred doorways with double boarded doors in the left wing, while to the right are similar arches that are blocked and feature early 20th-century windows. The front gatehouse has openings that resemble those in the rear. In the rear gatehouse, there is a 4-centred doorway to the left and a blocked doorway to the right.