Stable Block at Number 27 (Ratcliffe Hall) Broome Lane, Ratcliffe on the Wreake (Grade II)

Stable block, dated 1817. Red brick and Swithland slate roof. 3 storey, central range with pyramid roof and 1 storey wings on either end with roof hipped at outer ends. Wide bracketed eaves. Right end facing, front to left. Central range has three recessed blank arches with rounded heads. Centre arch, wide, with doorway, other with 2 light sash windows. Stone bands. 1st floor has three panels, the central with clock face, the others with plaques bearing the arms of the Earls Ferrers. 2nd floor has three blank openings on each side. At apex of roof the base of small domed octagonal cupola (now gone, 1983). The wings have three similar blank arches with segmental heads. On right end, extending right, a one storey extension, double gates and further one storey building. Yard within.