Former Stables on Sergeants Lane

Former stable building with 2 storey angled frontage onto Sergeants Lane and further range extending to rear. Rubble stone with brick dressings, including 2-stage brick-arched heads with keystones to ground floor openings and flat brick arches to first floors. Corrugated sheet and slate roofs.

Sergeants Lane entrance with paired arched entrances offset to right on ground floor, double timber doors to left, blocked to right. Small 2-light casement to left. On the first floor tall (blocked) openings above each entrance, to right a former loading door with hoist ‘cat head’ beam. Further blocked opening (possibly also a loading door) to left.

Left-hand arched entrance gives access to passage leading to rear range: rear elevation has plain brick-arched head to passageway, with small 12 pane horizontally sliding sash window above. Short single bay wing extends from frontage range with brick gable chimney stack, surviving 12-light hornless sash window to first floor and smaller window below. Further lower range set back slightly beyond this. To the ground floor 2 central wide openings flanked by single openings to either side, all with 2-stage brick-arched heads with keystones. Further doorways at each end. First floor has square central opening, further openings aligned with above flanking doorways to ground floor. Evidence of adjoining structure (now lost) at far end.

Pitched stone passage to left hand archway from Sergeants Lane with ‘tramline’ flag stones. Stabling to left with timber stalls, arched screen, panelling, manger, and tack hooks. Room to right converted for stabling late C20. First floor and rear range not inspected.