The new Riding School, 385 by 112 ft and 52 ft high, has cast iron columns and a glass and iron vault. (1)

Pevsner is mistaken. Dimensions are 38m by 112m. (2)

A riding school at Welbeck Abbey which was built in 1869. The building has external dimensions of 385 feet by 112 feet and 52 feet high and is built of ashlar, cast iron and glass with a shaped tile roof. The building has two storeys, is quadrangular in plan and its south and north fronts are both of 19 bays. In the interior the glass and iron vaulted roof is supported on Doric cast iron columns and decorative brackets set 3 metres in from the walls forming aisles. The east and west ends have single large central arched lights with decorative iron glazing. (3)

DOE Listed Buildings Maplet 11/98. (4)

Listed Buildings Slides, (Photograph). SNT2648.

Listed Buildings Slides, 18 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

English Heritage, 1984, Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England - Part 33, Notts (Published document). SNT4554.

<1> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 370 (Monograph). SNT4.

<2> White J, 2002, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1529.

<3> DOE, 1985, District of Bassetlaw, p. 62 (Unpublished document). SNT6476.

<4> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.