Kirkleatham Stables

I've been driving past these once a week for a couple of years now, and didn't know they were there until we popped in on the way elsewhere.

This is the stable block for a long gone racecourse



Its odd, the block seems to be in a school car park

Dont know what this is, or was



There are also some pretty impressive gateposts standing nearby. I believe that its all on the buildings at risk register

Impressive looking stable block. Nice find.
I think the odd thing might be the base of a tower...just a guess, mind. It's rather interesting, whatever it is.
Good stuff!

That is a very nice stable block. Love all the outside of the building. Was there anyway to see the inside of this building? It's fantastic.

Excellent pics mate, didn't know about this one.

Cheers,

Sal

ps, ok, looking at it now on google maps, the stone circular type building looks like it used to be a tower, as a little further south from that, there looks to be a stone (or brick) gate house. (two towers, one each side of the former drive, with an arch between the two).

Hope that helps?

we thought perhaps a water tower - there is a sandstone wall runs beside it and seems to form some sort of culvert

It could be the corner tower of a long gone wall around the hall (I'm presuming there was a hall nearby?) with the gate house in between another one below it.

Sal

Looks like a lovely place. Could the circular feature on the mini-tower have contained a face?

Thanks for sharing.

Lb:jimlad:

I'm pretty sure the sandstone tower thing is just a folly (sp?). I grew up at the top end of Redcar, near Kirkleatham and used to play there.

No photos of the gate house? I have some but I will have to dig through my hard drives

Neosea said:

No photos of the gate house? I have some but I will have to dig through my hard drives

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Dont think i took any of the gatepost type gatehouse that stands in front, if thats the bit you mean - bricked up doors in the bottom of both tower bits? Plus we were on the way elsewhere so it was a swift once round. There is a boarded up house behind the outhouses at the back and someone has mentioned ex gun emplacements etc dotted round on the site, will wander over another time and have a better look round

festcu said:

Dont think i took any of the gatepost type gatehouse that stands in front, if thats the bit you mean - bricked up doors in the bottom of both tower bits? Plus we were on the way elsewhere so it was a swift once round. There is a boarded up house behind the outhouses at the back and someone has mentioned ex gun emplacements etc dotted round on the site, will wander over another time and have a better look round

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Yeah that's the thing, been a while since I was up that way, must go back sometime.

Just found these pics and a bit of info on the tower building in the corner.

http://www.hidden-teesside.co.uk/category/kirkleatham/

http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/...5C581B824698AED080256C14004A41D7?OpenDocument

And on geograph, a few pics of various places and buildings around Kirkleatham, including the stables, and the old hall.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=4938863

http://www.ihbc.co.uk/context_archive/22/Kirkleatham.htm

http://www.marskebythesea.co.uk/kirkleatham-hall.html

http://www.marskebythesea.co.uk/kirkleatham-st-cuthberts.html

And lastly lol

http://www.marskebythesea.co.uk/kirkleatham-church-inside.html

Cheers,

Sal